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Use in varieties of Scots

stilts Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.9 2.7 4.8 0 0 10.9 0
Number of occurrences95 3 0 0 1 0
Number of authors9 5 3 1

Occurrences of stilts in Corpus

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Central

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
oan stalks at the hooses oan stilts; on page 5

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
When dogs stravaig miles oan stilts on page 35

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
. It looked like a chookie on stilts. on page 82

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Totally Princessy Princess, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central - Glasgow, weans
st have used a rope ladder or stilts - but when she came doonstai on page 13

1 matches

Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - Mither, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
She'd mak me stilts wi treacle tins on page 58

1 matches

Doric

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
The stilts haul the man on page 120

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
jist like clootie dumplins on stilts wi thrapples on them like cla
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
Ye never see bairns wee stilts noo(2020) search twitter

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Ye lampit by on bamboo stilts, be-in a horse, lyke.
1 matches

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