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Use in varieties of Scots

raven Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 3.6 1.5 0 0 10.3 13.3
Number of occurrences127 1 0 0 1 3
Number of authors6 2 1 1 2

Occurrences of raven in Corpus

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Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
?' croakit Loki lik a hoastin raven, fir Odin hid a ticht grip oa on page 14

6 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ese sounds were the cry o the raven, the call o the gull an the s on page 90

1 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
t all he sade wis, "Whiy is a raven lek a writan-desk?" on page 65

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ut aw hei said was, "How is a raven lik a scrievin-desk?" on page 67

1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Raven maps o 16 and 25 on page 21

2 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
but aal hae said wus "Why's a raven lik a writin-desk?" on page 68

1 matches

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