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Use in varieties of Scots

plague Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.5 7.2 7.5 0 0 51.7 0
Number of occurrences2414 5 0 0 5 0
Number of authors12 6 5 1

Occurrences of plague in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
or city wis the arrival o the plague. Tho nouadays we ken there we on page 96

6 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
h've been avoidin her lik the plague. She's been in a pure foul mo on page 78

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
'Elise hus the plague,' Barry jokes at playtime. on page 17

1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
The braw hing aboot the plague wis that, as the bodies piled on page 8
Myths and legends, the deadly plague epidemic, and a famous royal on page 9

2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
uld rin throu faimilies lik a plague. Anent treatment, it wis for
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Goin tae the hospital durin a plague would o been a piece o cake f
tae this in sicht. Ah left ma plague pit a week ago.
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
tin treated like oove got the plague! (2021) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
twa that's left at hame That plague me as a rule Margaret and Ron on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
rms ettin aathing clean in, a plague o furry locusts.
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
Guid Man Upstairs has sent a plague tae teach them a lesson.
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
comrades avoided him like the plague.
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
@HiddenAberdeen a Plague in Torry? Fit's this aboot? I(2016) search twitter

Southern

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
t ye canna credit there’s a plague ramstamin aboot the planet. M
r books. “Homo sapiens. The plague’s only answering back.”
hop, an keep me sauf frae the plague.
an watchin the progress o the plague. “Still ettlin tae cheynge
ven year passed, an wi it the plague. We hud a dreidfu fluid, like
5 matches

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