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eve Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words24.6 33.5 6.4 29.8 0 10.9 22.1
Number of occurrences7663 4 3 0 1 5
Number of authors22 14 2 2 1 3

Occurrences of eve in Corpus

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Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
In gloamin eve we walked an talked, on page 14

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
ripe for cuttin. On Midsimmer Eve, which wis a Setturday, Mr Jo on page 6

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 59 - Eve and the Aipple, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
Eve and the Aipple on page 89

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
hat gets hauntet on Christmas Eve. on page 41
w the names ae the drugs we'd eve, heard ae. At first it wis aw on page 128
ht at Charlene's on Christmas Eve on page 169

3 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
That lassie cawed Eve and her girlfreend Lilith. on page 155

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
Till cam wan mirky Hallow's Eve on page 37

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 59 - Eve and the Aipple, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Eve and the Aipple on page 89

2 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
For Eve an Adam's leisure oors, on page 62

2 matches

Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Ae simmer's eve at gloamin licht, on page 52

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Sae on Christmas Eve, gin ye glance at the sky,
a fittin name fur ye is Eve,
Noo Eve, wi woman's intuition,
o Adam an his Eve, an Eden.
It's Eve wha gies the orders,
31 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
i exact day whirr it wis xmas eve ur ri day afore sin' ye tend
A made up a marinade oan xmas eve moarnin' an' coatit ri leg a'
2 matches

Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
instead o Setterdays). On the eve o the 1974 Grand National he
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
descent back tae ... Adam an Eve, wha kens. As the evenin gaed
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Christmas Eve Oan a cauld an’ froasty Chr
cauld an’ froasty Christmas Eve
2 matches

Robertson, Gary A Wee Dundee Xmas Poem, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
Xmas Eve, some mulk, an a carrot fir R
1 matches

MacMinto, Gregor The Rhythms of Bratislava, (wordpress 2022) Central, blog
aun at their line-up included Eve Graham frae Perth, Scotlan. F
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
ae some Matt time? Hae a guid eve! xx(2014) search twitter
dffest 2015 richt? Hae a guid eve! xxx(2014) search twitter
@Schofe Happy Christmas Eve richt bac tae you tae, and yi(2014) search twitter
ait, and enjoy the rest o yir eve when kids r n bed X http://t.(2015) search twitter
and 3 walkin hame! Enjoy yir eve! ? xxx(2015) search twitter
and 2 other occurrences.

@annieones tweeted
our unvaccinated " new year's eve " while we celebrate hogmanay (2021) twitter link

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Een Christmas Eve Mike hoped Suntie Klaz wid co on page 157

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
young quinie fit God said tae Eve efter she'd temptit Adam inno
It wis the eve o Hogmanay. It wis Winter an
the commandments, as weak as Eve afore her, Steenhillock ooto
3 matches

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gallows Ha - Dance tae the End, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
a lone voice spaek up on the Eve o Aal Hallows? on page 27

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
a lone voice spaek up on the Eve o Aal Hallows? on page 153

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Tame Hogmanay, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
rolled family ‘New Year’s Eve’ parties, tae planned ‘op
1 matches

Southern

@cammyrudkin tweeted
@BobbyRobson46 nae wunder eve got ten bellies(2012) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
squib throu hir dure. A holy eve. That's what Reverend Greer f on page 1

2 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Since Eve pulled a fast yin on Adam on page 17

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
CHRISSMAS EVE on page 18

2 matches

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