A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

riddles Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.1 3.1 3 9.9 0 20.7 8.9
Number of occurrences136 2 1 0 2 2
Number of authors8 3 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of riddles in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
aboot wastin fowk's time wae riddles that've no goat answers?" on page 69

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
Reivin his riddles, devoorin his dreams? on page 13

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
'm gied they've stertit daein riddles-TI ettle I jalouse that," she on page 44

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
snails, we're a' like slogie-riddles; like hawks to do evil, like
s to do good, and like slogie-riddles that let through a' the good
2 matches

Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
e lik corn, 'jst as e fairmer riddles e gweed corn fae e caff. Bit on page 117

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
eeder. Grain fell doon on tae riddles that
1 matches

Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Dansan a polka and singan in riddles on page 90

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
'm gled they've sterted askin riddles-Ah believe Ah can guess that, on page 67
id, "than wastin eet in askin riddles that hae nae answers." on page 69

2 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
m gled they hae stairtet axin riddles - A think A know that," shae on page 68
ae said, "than wastin it axin riddles that hae nae answer." on page 70

2 matches

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