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Use in varieties of Scots

rainbow Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.7 10.3 3 9.9 17.4 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences2820 2 1 3 1 1
Number of authors23 16 2 1 2 1 1

Occurrences of rainbow in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
le horn at the tap end of the Rainbow brig, whan he spies this muck on page 14

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Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
munched on ma sweets in their rainbow coats and the pink, flaky thi on page 36

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
voice full ae a sweetness and rainbow drops comin fae behind me: "I on page 51

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
RAINBOW DRAPS ~SOOK THEM AND YE CAN W on page 137

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
ast a last bridge yet hale, a rainbow wan on page 11
Or just beyond the chipt rainbow mirror's edge on page 31

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
a clown necklace. Silver wi a rainbow tunic. Ah bought it because s on page 7

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
fir freedom an a rainbow nation. on page 57

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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Rainbow
hid at the rainbow's end -
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Gilmour, Rosie Uniform, (Scots Hoose 2012) Central, weans
Like a rainbow in the sky
1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
Like awbody, ah'd a hale wide rainbow o emotions durin the indyref.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e smirr, creatin a fragmented rainbow in their descent intae the gl
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Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
s gat hair every colour o the rainbow, bats fur eyebroos, and wears
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
e weave, aw the colours o the rainbow daunced aff her loom. As she
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
their rainbow colours flappin
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
cled in aal the colours o the rainbow. The ceremony has been celebr
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Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
ma coat and it lit up intae a rainbow of colours. As ah picked it u
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@billykayscot tweeted
Mither nature fleein the rainbow flag abuin the Tay earlier th(2020) search twitter

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
runky hid thi Primrose or thi Rainbow, formally kint eis thi "Fyne on page 51

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
patchwirk quilt, admirin the rainbow o colours an aa the differint on page 79

1 matches

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
reflects in trinks. A rainbow ower on page 93

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
vir happen again. So he pat a rainbow i da lift ta shaa fock dat di on page 8

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De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
wi a hint o rainbow. on page 27

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
an end o rainbow lichts apö mi gaet on page 105

1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
clydeLibs Whit a braw knitted rainbow for the weans tae see ?? http(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
But the en'o mae rainbow sti'd oot o' my reach, on page 3

1 matches

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