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The word 'ritual'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ritualOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.11310
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of ritual in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
RAIGMEAD CARNIVAL (The annual ritual involving parents, bairns and on page 64

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
noo ah wis ready tae make ma ritual donation tae the Ladbrokes sh on page 31
he kitchen tae make ma mornin ritual cup ae coffee. Jist a little on page 141

2 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
wur at Ibrox. This is oor wee ritual: we dae it every time Rangers on page

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ritual chant o catechism hosannas, on page 17
Fir aa the ritual pieties o his day, Horace lee on page 102

2 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
sent a text. Normally it's a ritual whare A tell 'um it's shit wi
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
e's now away wi' Ma. I make a ritual o' sayin' "God bless you Iain
1 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Ritual chant o catechism hosannas.
1 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
desk performin the weill-kent ritual o placin the passes on a pile on page 42

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
angs wir uised for some kin o ritual: we ken the religion o the ti on page 33

1 matches

@iainnicol tweeted
dinna actually appreciate yer ritual sacrifice.(2020)

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
a bodie; but aitin wioot tha ritual waashin o hans daesnae sullie on page 9

1 matches

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