A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

petals Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.9 3.6 10.6 39.7 0 31 4.4
Number of occurrences227 7 4 0 3 1
Number of authors13 4 3 4 1 1

Occurrences of petals in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Let oor petals spreid an faw on page 22
petals in on page 44

2 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
. They were cled in ae rowe o petals; they needit gey little space on page 30
it hersel slawly, prinkin her petals ane by ane. She wisna fond ta on page 31
ae flooer. A flooer wi three petals; a flooer o nocht ava. on page 62

3 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 76 - The Gied Ower Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
lips up fur tongues o petals. Or seek tae feed
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
a wee keek at them. The pink petals openin an strainin tae reach
1 matches

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
noo strewn like yalla petals on page 14

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
and her skin wis saft as rose petals. Her een wir as blue's the de on page 114

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
Teiger-lily obsairt. "Gin her petals curled up a thochtie mair, sh on page 25
"but she's mair reid, an her petals are mair scrimplike, I think. on page 28

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
in the briars eenoo, like the petals o the rose itsel fin it bloom
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
win, her petals war ruggit aff wi the breeze
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Hid scattered scarlet petals as hid scuddered doon the wal on page 74

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
s faaldan oot - as gangweys? petals? Sheu sees the laefs (trees? on page 160

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ve hert shaped bluish, purple petals on page 118

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
o a gerdeen petals fall on page 93

1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
or the fawin petals filled the faulds o ma goun. on page 34

1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
an parfume the wyne wi thair petals.
Aince Ah cum oot, see thair petals chitter!
2 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
floated away wi the confetti petals birlin ower the crisp, orange on page 24

1 matches

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