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salmon Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15 7.7 12.1 9.9 17.4 113.7 44.3
Number of occurrences4815 8 1 3 11 10
Number of authors29 12 6 1 3 3 4

Occurrences of salmon in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
Mock Turtle. "Seals, turtles, salmon, an the like: then, wance ye' on page 97

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
windaes. A git told wan even salmon leapt tae escape, but landed on page 3
first oot the fuckin windae. Salmon-leap tae freedom fur the Azzy on page 9

2 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
ca' them by the proper nim o' salmon. Ah kin say it the nicht beca on page 34

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ggerated moothfulls ae smoked salmon sandwiches. Ah'm riddled wae on page 48

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an thi salmon still swam up on page 120

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Nae salmon ladders on page 55
That like salmon leaps back on page 155

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
en coaxed oot o his signature salmon polo necks and intae a shirt. on page 6

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
he slipstream - gull flight, salmon swim, mayfly dart - yer ain on page 22

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
ent as "lang-tail fellaes" an salmon wis turnt intae "rid fish" or
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
half o them wid be on tinned salmon and the ither half wid be on
1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Daft Days, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
There's D and G salmon ye'll pit in yer poke,
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
lin fancy, Ah'll open a tin o salmon an mak wee triangle sandwiche(2020) search twitter
Ah've anely got a microwave. Salmon fillet, 90 secs, braw.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
tak my airm ot ens we'd mak a salmon lowp o faith on page 10

1 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
oo their parks an catch their salmon ti the sma hoors, their reeki on page 94

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
sin o Obed, sin o Boaz, sin o Salmon, sin o Nahshon, sin o Amminad on page 85

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Salmon an troot ir fit I hate on page 98

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Mock Turtle. "Seals, turtles, salmon, an so on: then, when ee've c on page 95

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
lift wis the colour o a deed salmon, grey wi the antrin straik o
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
nnies, stappit wi aathin frae salmon tat dauds o biled ham. The tw
es, heich in the air like the salmon that lowpit up frae the broon
2 matches

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
No things laek 'salmon-ella' than, 'E-colly' or sic on page 88

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ock Turtle. "Selkies, turtles salmon, an sae trow; dan whin you're on page 100

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
salmon sweem, scarlet lowsin on page 65

1 matches

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
Mini salmon fishcakes for tea danight #Fi (2021) twitter link

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Mock Turtle. "Seals, turtles, salmon, an that: then, when ee've cl on page 98

1 matches

The Westender Loupin Salmon, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
n a year since a last watched salmon loupin' up The Cauld.
tae mei said tae is that the salmon run was late this year cos th
A fair like watchin' the salmon. The Cauld looks different ta
favourite place for watchin' salmon is on the Slitrig at the rock
s gaun oan. Share enough, the salmon were loupin' there ana'.
8 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
ots; Guid luck and be a happy salmon, A happy salmon, meanin; a po(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
Mock Turtle. "Seals, turtles, salmon, an sae on; thin, whin yae ha on page 98

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
hon, an Nahshon tha faither o Salmon. Salmon wus tha faither o Boa on page 1
Boaz wus tha sinn o Salmon. on page 75

4 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Whinivir the salmon rin. on page 23
It wiz a big salmon, bowl as yae laik', on page 25

3 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Tae try tae watch the Salmon run an lep thair way by here. on page 46
s Autumn time an Dollaghan an Salmon stairt tae run, on page 47

2 matches

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