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Use in varieties of Scots

rickle Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10 8.2 9 0 11.6 72.4 4.4
Number of occurrences3216 6 0 2 7 1
Number of authors23 14 4 1 3 1

Occurrences of rickle 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

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
g air. She wis nae mair nor a rickle o banes, an he had ta¢ stell on page 24

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
"There wis a rickle o sticks on the tither side o on page 7

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
s lown as could be, through a rickle o dry leaves. on page 12

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
a rickle on page 28

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Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
n in a neuk o the mercat wi a rickle o jougs aboot her an ettilt t on page 42

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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Wad be as my ain rickle-o-banes: nae pouer on page 12

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
Fegs! nocht but a rickle o Jews ir ye on page 32

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Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Banes, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
A rickle o banes? on page 75

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
e munelicht, he saw the haill rickle o banes comin stracht for him
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Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
This rickle o stanes oot at Bedinloskin i
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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
ts o wool an string fae a big rickle o threids an giein it laldie
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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
-touer, he thinks, but jist a rickle;
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McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
A College’s mair nor a rickle o’ stains,
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Whan they got tae the rickle o biggins, hooanever, they po
tent, whaur they fund the wee rickle o abandont stane hooses that
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Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
s” is the braid label fur a rickle o unconnecktit wee dialects,
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Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
. An Ah wint te say, "See ess rickle o beens in the pink goon? ~ s on page 47

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Goodall, Phyllis J. Cabrach Days, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
There's an orra rickle o staens noo
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
i scythe or plooshare, a roch rickle o nettles, steens, briers an
e place wis little mair nur a rickle o steens held thegither win s
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
e wis a dunt, a shuggle, an a rickle o flames teirin ooto the
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Harper, Edith The Wye Athin Chynges, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric, poetry
ooses an steadins nocht bit a rickle o stanes.
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Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
In idder wirds, as lang as da rickle o baens is hael you can ey hi
irds, we wid be strentenin da rickle o baens, as weel as maetin da
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Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Noo but a rickle o' banes on page 11

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Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ir nae mair nouadays than ae rickle o stanes) up Borth’ick, sei
lk is mair nor lyklie nou; ae rickle o stanes. A’m gaen tae ffir
aik Faulds, whilk hes been ae rickle o stanes fur, ay, mebbies 50
ch nou A’m telt, is anither rickle o stanes. Ay, Craik Sheil wis
Tammy’s hoose wis juist ae rickle o stanes whan A wis born. Whi
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Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Bae someboady, the empy rickle on page 13

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