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Use in varieties of Scots

noose Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.5 4.8 3.2 0 11.6 0 4.4
Number of occurrences149 2 0 2 0 1
Number of authors10 6 2 1 1

Occurrences of noose in Corpus

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Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
d oot the derk - a heid wi a noose aroun its thrapple! The mooth on page 26

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
free fae an Inglish noose. on page 85

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
a noose ti drag him ben - awa. on page 35

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
the hie set windea baurs bi a noose faushent oot a rivet up bedsh on page 17

4 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
straight doon an there wiz a noose tae set yer fit in bit the tr
1 matches

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
t, smash in the wid an bung a noose aboot the heid an pou the pui
1 matches

Doric

Templeton, Sheila Tales Fae The Doric Side - La Bella Rebelle, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
o a hangman's noose - fit saved ye, Colonel Anne on page 62

1 matches

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ound Garthdee, Rosemount, The Noose & Monkey and HMT, growing lou(2016) search twitter

Shetland

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
wi a lent o ropp med up wi a noose hingin fae da point, so you c
da banks ropp wi ee haund, da noose ropp in da idder, and wirk da

Ulster

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
John langelt tha rape intae a noose, then speeled tha thoarn tree
1 matches

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