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snakes Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.6 9.8 7.5 0 17.4 31 17.7
Number of occurrences3419 5 0 3 3 4
Number of authors16 8 3 1 1 3

Occurrences of snakes 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

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
ots were guid hidie-holes for snakes tae, sae ye had tae caw canny on page 60

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
thrawed intae a pit o writhin snakes, and whan the serpents wadna on page 14

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
starin een an lang hair, like snakes writhin in seek, loomit ower on page 66
stanin cen an lang hair like snakes writhin in seek. Its great ru on page 69

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
'Come on, we'll hae a gemm at Snakes and Ledders?" or "Hoo did ye on page 2

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
uld, Hera pit twa lang hissin snakes intae his bedroom. The wean, on page 1
d the braith richt oot o thae snakes and flung their bums oot the on page 2
nd chapped aff yin o the nine snakes. It fell ontae the flair wi a on page 12
nine back wriggled thoosans o snakes, spittin oot poison wi jaggie on page 51
n clawed by lions, skelped by snakes, tellt aff by gods, blootered on page 53
Also on pages 56
9 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
gemm o ‘Snakes an Ledders’ ye’l can gang
1 matches

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
ayas in the compound, deidlie snakes in the flouer-bauks, scarlet
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Folliein the muddy trail that snakes through the nettles an foliag
1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
els. It luiked tae Kat like a snakes-an-ladders board gane gyte. I
1 matches

Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
gien ye e pooer tae trump on snakes an scorpions an owercome aa y on page 98

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
ple her. Lang seggs like iley snakes straikit her bonnie hair. Dro on page 119

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
owed us eence. Aa bluey-green snakes, an dragons, an daggers, an t
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
hir hair wis a heeze o blaik snakes aa hissin an spittin, an her
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
his sherp fangs. Snakes like Angus are blate bodies,
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
A'm tried daeks, but na, dat snakes! Dey're never plaised!" on page 53
s aets eggs juist as aften as snakes does, du kens." on page 54

3 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
y attention tae hur; "but yon snakes! There's nae pleasin thum!" on page 51
sies eat eggs jist as much as snakes dae, ee ken." on page 52

3 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
onie heed tae hir; "but thim snakes! Thur's nae pleasin thim!" on page 52

2 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
yis tha thortie tae thramp on snakes an scorpions an tae owercum t on page 88

1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
k is that #StPatrick redd the snakes oot o Airlann; hooaniver, the (2015) twitter link

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