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Use in varieties of Scots

fiddler Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 6.9 6.4 39.7 23.2 10.9 0
Number of occurrences2613 4 4 4 1 0
Number of authors15 7 3 2 2 1

Occurrences of fiddler in Corpus

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Central

Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
Dis the fiddler think he has me? on page 55

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
nnae hae tae be a singer or a fiddler or ony ither kin o skeelie bo on page 56

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ld mounds or sithean. Monie a fiddler or piper is said tae hae been on page 29

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Ootside o that, naewan gies a fiddler's fart aboot writin in their on page 34
k like pals. He doesnae gie a fiddler's fart aboot whit anywan Onks on page 43

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
Moon, that taks in singer an fiddler, Gillian Frame an piper Simon
1 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
, jist a bald accordian and a fiddler wi lang scraggy hair. Tae be
The accordion player and the fiddler pit doon their instruments an
wis aboot tae faint when the fiddler spoke: “Well, well, well bo
3 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
pot fur folk who dinnae gie a fiddler’s fart aboot whit others hi
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
™s auldest mannie tae Tarland fiddler Paul Anderson an the cheery s
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
itba) an I amna a sangster or fiddler - gin I walked I wad be a pa(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
definsive, an ye dinna gie a fiddler's fart fit ye come awa wi." on page 29

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
that! Brian hid swack hauns, fiddler's hauns. He did little else b
her wame in his swack, fite, fiddler's fingers.
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
it rare tae see local loon an fiddler @PaulAnd79837722 in Whisky Ga(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gallows Ha - Dance tae the End, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
The fiddler is scrapan the bow on the str on page 27

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Norquoy, Greer Gallows Ha - The Weather Dance, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Noo the fiddler's ready let's begin wans more on page 28

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The fiddler is scrapan the bow on the str on page 153

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Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Noo the fiddler's ready let's begin wans more on page 154

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Shetland

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
fyshermen castin a flee or a fiddler draain a bow. Bit dan life do
1 matches

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
orse, we wir still tae see da Fiddler’s Den. Michael wis eart ken
standin on da ston daek o da Fiddler’s Den pretendin tae play da
2 matches

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Usually a trowie rant has wan fiddler but dere wis a dizen. You cou
1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Auld Wattie wis ae tallentit fiddler an whan ma muther wis young;
1 matches

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