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Use in varieties of Scots

bury Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.5 9.8 3 9.9 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences2419 2 1 2 0 0
Number of authors18 13 2 1 2

Occurrences of bury in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
Bury her in the soil, sing her spi on page 3

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Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
and they'd roar and laugh and bury their happy wee heids in his on page 78

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
for his puir lass tae fin an bury. on page 59

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
ye bury somebdy. on page 1

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
If A bury masel, A'll feel safe in the on page 12

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Sum bury thir haeds in thi tully on page 38

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
howk a hole in some field an bury it aa? on page 105

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
JESSIE: Eh? Can we no jist bury it? on page 64
us, Jessie! We were gaun tae bury a moose! on page 69

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
fur the livin and a hole tae bury the dead in. on page 44

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Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
tten when it wis proposed tae bury radioactive nuclear waste in
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
h download Twitter. Ah cannae bury ma heid in the sand furever.
Ah bury ma face in ma hauns. Ah want
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Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
s. It’s a lovely feeling. I bury my face in his fur, and when
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Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah bury ma face in ma hauns and look
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Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
the aulden days they used tae bury the royals in it. They cried
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
fundamental conflicts. I maun bury masel in bread bins an Angela(2020) search twitter

Doric

Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
ignant last wirdies: “dinna bury me like a beast.” Ah’m al
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
d will claim itsel back, will bury every last trace o us until w
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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
bit tae bury me poor deid cock. on page 144

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
a chance ta dö onything bit bury hit ida grund. on page 105

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Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
n dir bozy for a cuddle an ta bury dir face in da crisp hay, to
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