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prisoner Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.2 13.8 12.8 0 11.6 32.8 8.8
Number of occurrences4126 8 0 2 3 2
Number of authors25 16 5 1 2 1

Occurrences of prisoner in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
s like a letter, wrote bi the prisoner tae-tae somedy." on page 117

2 matches

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
cannae. Every man is a prisoner ay their ain actions, or inac on page 12

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ike a letter, screivit by the prisoner tae-tac somebody." on page 44

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
mairched of Dumfries an tuik prisoner the military commander, Sir J on page 26

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
try's in loackdoon and ah'm a prisoner in ma ain haime. Aw, and as i on page 139

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
wir confined an stuck a prisoner within on page 42

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
side o the hill, takkin Alpin prisoner as they went. He wis taen, ha on page 15

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
oacket shak as the bealin wee prisoner focht tae get oot. on page 154

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
rae fremmit launds, else some prisoner o war, but we dinnae ken fir on page 100

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
und. Noo Violet wis as much a prisoner as her sister. "I'm that gled on page 123

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Exiled - a prisoner in this heathen laund. on page 35

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
The prisoner's een looked superior, on page 112

2 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
s telling it tae dae. I wis a prisoner in ma own body. It wis terrib
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
streets. Ma brither was taen prisoner in a fecht an oor faither hae
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
o reid burn in ma cheeks. The prisoner stepped forrart an annoonced
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
cott, the hero o the weavers, prisoner an drove his company richt oo
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
The prisoner stertit greetin an reponed, "
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
but ah cannae. Every man is a prisoner ay their ain actions, or inac
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
in his promise he grabbed his prisoner by the hair, dragged him back

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
n they realised ah’d been a prisoner o conscience, a Covenanter, a

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
his word Crichton marches his prisoner back tae the farmyard an shoo

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
spent the nixt few years as a prisoner, aw the time claimin his inno

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
me essentially keeping people prisoner but these fannies do this and(2020) search twitter

Doric

Wood, Evelyn Tales Fae The Doric Side - Carlo, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
nae ony werker bit an Italian prisoner o war, captured in North Afri on page 27

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ill be a letter, written by e prisoner till-till somebody. " on page 115

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
penny wis a prisoner. Noo if Muggie Spend hid a po
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
y tellin them their son wiz a prisoner o war in Norway and wiz in go
1 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
on I fun oot that he'd been a prisoner wi the Japs so maybe that's w
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
the laan an mebbe tak back a prisoner or twa.
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
the dog as it lay wupped up a prisoner. An argument hid set up among
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
it seems ta be a letter at da prisoner is written ta - ta someen." on page 120

2 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ae b' a letter, written b' th prisoner tae-tae somebody." on page 118

2 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Ah im a prisoner in the haunds o the fae,
1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ae a letter, scrieved bae the prisoner tae - tae someboadie." on page 119

2 matches

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