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valley Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.5 11.2 11.2 19.9 5.8 109.4 44.2
Number of occurrences5121 7 2 1 10 10
Number of authors22 12 1 2 1 3 3

Occurrences of valley in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
see everythin. The hale Forth Valley spread oot. Wi the Ochil Hill on page 1

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
a clear sicht doun the Irvine Valley as faur as the distant smeeki on page 35

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
couldnae dae that up in Spam Valley, ma ma said. She said, Yi hea on page 169

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
nds John J Graham's 'Shadowed Valley', a novel narrate throu Sooth on page 60

1 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
Mither said it was Lily o the Valley. Whit a bonny smell! An if yo on page 120

1 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
in the humour. In the Irvine Valley fowk wes vauntie aboot their on page 7
gain when I gaed tae the Napa Valley in search o guid wine an disc on page 8

2 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ut gey easy flooded. The hale valley had been a loch till thirty y on page 17

2 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 71 - O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ae day, we wir drivin up the valley road, juist past the Lowrenbu
™s got ti see the corp up the valley ti the buryin – kin o a com
ther fowk gets up an doun the valley A dinna care, but this job’
it: auld Sam’s gaun up the valley for his yirdin.
for us ti gang paddin up the valley road, an nane o the twae o’
5 matches

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
The valley o' peace,
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ing to look for a flat bit of valley bottom, and I’m going to ju
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
is time ah wis doon the Clyde Valley so ah hud dscriptions o local

@ClashCityClarky tweeted
uin tae @NBMScotland an Tweed Valley's Rangers supporters for gett(2019) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
s as the Capital o the Irvine Valley!(2020) search twitter

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
but cams fae the 'Upper Douro Valley', in the same region but aboo on page 9
The Loire Valley on page 17
he lairger toons in the Loire Valley, wi great transport links, Bl on page 18

7 matches

Orkney

Tait, Ruth Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
could see right oot intae the valley, on page 9

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
s the day in drama like Happy Valley, or the acceptability o ‘No
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Tha Lily-o-the-Valley lost aa her crew, on page 88

1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
rename Clydesdale as ‘Clyde Valley’ an Strathspey as ‘Spey V
’ an Strathspey as ‘Spey Valley’, although for a blissin, t
dale is chyngit inti ‘Tweed Valley’.
3 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
rts, yaised tae gang doon the valley wi thair empie cairts, bot fu
valley wis black wi treis on eer ker
ranxholm Hoose i the Ti’iot valley. Ay, Mr an Mrs Scott hed twae
or sae, ferther doun the valley, whaur the Maislee meedae an
boddom end o the Borth’ick Valley, richt owre Ti’iot intil
6 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
no sae bad in Gawston an the Valley when Ah bade there. Deep in t(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Twa ideas; yin tae mak a valley wheest on page 49
muckle waa hunkered doon tha valley on page 53
Tha birdsang fae a valley. Tha dynamite guldered, on page 54

4 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Climb tha hill an valley fill, on page 37

2 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Frae the Braid River Valley, frae the Mountains o Mourne, on page 29
Frae the Braid River valley, frae the Mountains o Mourne, on page 30
Frae the Braid River valley, frae the Mountains o Mourne, on page 32
Frae the Braid River Valley, frae the Mountains o Mourne, on page 33

4 matches

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