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Use in varieties of Scots

trails Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.2 3.7 3.2 19.9 0 10.9 4.4
Number of occurrences137 2 2 0 1 1
Number of authors12 7 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of trails in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
maks up thon slippie-glintin trails... on page 69

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
his gless. 'Ye've no had the trails Ah've had in my time', says h on page 71

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
trails aathing he can wi his mou tae on page 105

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
y so it's nor, y'know...' She trails aff. on page 12

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
kneelin time scouran snail trails on page 112

1 matches

Briggs, Susi Diva, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central - Dumfries and Galloway, poetry
She strinkles glitter trails ahin me
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
of ma finger left sparkly wee trails a light.
1 matches

Doric

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
he party followed these eerie trails as best they could on the pat
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
hivna dealt wie afore. Andrew trails ahin ma is I lead us doon int
1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
the trails o the hyperdrive fae the bar. on page 14
Sheu trails a finger ower her slaet i'the on page 17

2 matches

Southern

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
e gamekeeper an gillie, layin trails o pushion an snares. She brai
1 matches

Ulster

Depairtment fur Commonities Hargey announces heidwie oan plens fer Airish an’ Ulster-Scots, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
ster Project at includes Leid trails sich es Cul-Tra-il leukin int
1 matches

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