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Use in varieties of Scots

pestilence Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.9 2.1 1.5 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences64 1 0 0 1 0
Number of authors6 4 1 1

Occurrences of pestilence in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
less chance o bein smitten wi pestilence like the kink-hoast an smallp on page 63

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
bidin indoors as lang as the pestilence wis ragein. This meant that a on page 96

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
fety Advice oan the brent-new pestilence o 1348? on page 25

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Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Stark puirtith, pestilence an war on page 54

1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
d a watercolour bi Blake caad Pestilence: Daith o the First-born – a
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Southern

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