| granite | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Corpus | 15 | 48 | 33 |
| ORK - Orkney | 29.8 | 3 | 2 |
| SHD - Shetland | 5.8 | 1 | 1 |
| TON - Tonge | |||
| NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | |||
| NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
| MNA - Mid Northern A | 39.2 | 12 | 6 |
| MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
| SNO - South Northern | |||
| ABN - Aberdeen | 59.3 | 5 | 3 |
| DOR - General Northern | 26.6 | 6 | 5 |
| NEC - North East Central | |||
| SEC - (South) East Central | 7.7 | 3 | 2 |
| WCE - West Central | 18.4 | 4 | 3 |
| DUN - Dundee | |||
| EDN - Edinburgh | |||
| GLA - Glasgow | 21.7 | 4 | 3 |
| AYR - Ayrshire | |||
| LAL - General Central | 12 | 9 | 8 |
| SEA - South East (Borders) | |||
| SWE - South West (Galloway) | |||
| DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) | |||
| WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) | |||
| CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) | |||
| BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) | |||
| SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) | |||
| BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast) | |||
| PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) | 51.2 | 1 | 1 |
| EUL - East Antrim (Larne) | |||
| GUL - General Ulster | |||
| SYN - Synthetic (no region) |
Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
e margin o Eday Soond, like a granite boulder. Migrant goldcrests f
1 matches
Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
minates the mezzanine, like a granite erratic dropped fae a glacier
1 matches
Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
cht bounces aff sparklin grey granite; feet clatter on pavements - on page 43
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
offs an nibbery in their fine granite hooses. Frae his fleet o cair
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
temple –sax million tons o granite ower the centuries, straikit
ae yon quarry's intimmers – granite that glistered like siller sh
owe wi fireflauchts o quartz; granite that cud withstaun aathin fra
is byordnar close tae the the granite quaich. A bridle path frae th
doon, doon drappit the riven, granite physog o the auld quarry. The
6 matches
Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
She wiz busy scrubbin the big granite steps in front o the skweelho
1 matches
Harper, Edith Soon Awa, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2021) Doric, poetry
at sits in ma hert like a granite stane.
1 matches
@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Trip tae the granite city Art Gallery with my doch (2021) twitter link
Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
30s an 40s. The 212 bronze an granite sculpturs that live in 'Frogn on page 16
1 matches
Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
amidst the grey granite on page 8
1 matches
Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
’. Rubislaw wis the deepest granite quarry in Europe, an there wi
1 matches
Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
r backyard a dull slab o grey granite. Suddenly a wee dug appeared on page 42
1 matches
Diansangu, Mae Tales Fae The Doric Side - Efter the war memorial at Cowdry Hall, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
aneath feldspar skies, twa granite eens tak tent. canny an silve on page 61
1 matches
Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
great granite slabs laid oot like cobbles on page 10
2 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
ason tae set up a heidsteen o granite, wi their names on't. 'I dinn on page 51
1 matches
Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
a traivel agent's wi a muckle granite entrance. "This wis Henderson
1 matches
@kennethbryce184 tweeted
v jist been unfollowed by the granite city oan twitter - thank fec (2021) twitter link
Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Aiberdeen, ‘Homage to Grey Granite’ an ‘I Seek A City’ ir
1 matches
Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
eamt it tae the Sooth African granite that hauds it up. At the entr
. Leuk at Sooth Africa, whase granite mashles throu oor pairlament
2 matches
Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
d ahin high wa’s o slate an granite – backs chokit wi snaa thes
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
The thick slabs ay granite that comprise the stairs meet
1 matches
Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
is comprised ay black an grey granite. Above the doorway is the sig
1 matches
Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
an argufied him belangin the granite city. At the hinnerend, the d on page 38
1 matches
Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
grey as granite on page 44
1 matches
Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
jimp! The war a tid whan the granite ceitie o Aiberdeen wes regair on page 119
is a novella. Wi its cobbles, granite hooses, thrangit slum tenemen on page 120
2 matches
Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
the "quadrangle" and the dour granite waas o the main schuil glower on page 37
1 matches
Thom, Williamina Lallans 75 - Oor Tibby Pagan, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, weans
pit up in her memory, made o granite, an placed whaur her hoose yi
1 matches
Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Gibbon fae the Mearns in Grey Granite (1934): ‘She’ll be able t
1 matches
Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
een: oil bonanza, fishin, the Granite City – the blin are immune
1 matches