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conscience Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.2 16.7 9 39.7 5.8 20.7 0
Number of occurrences4633 6 4 1 2 0
Number of authors32 24 4 2 1 1

Occurrences of conscience in Corpus

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Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ive, o liberty, oppression an conscience. Efter that, cam a wheen o su on page 40

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Broun searin his harns an his conscience - an the curse o a young wee on page 47

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
e come tae terms wae whit yer conscience let ye do, on page 34

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
k staun up. Ma jealous morale conscience screams in protest that "this on page 3

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an conscience is clear, on page 49

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
bold Maenius, "But ah've nae conscience' on page 117

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
b together. Lizzie'd a guilty conscience fur no comin back fur hur mam on page 52

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
Wi naething but conscience for glory. on page 9

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Five sonnets o Cecco Angiolieri (1250-1319), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Bessie, my conscience widna lat me dae't. on page 45

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Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - The Scaffie Man’s Tale, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
aw day, aff an oan, no oan ma conscience like, bit at the forefront o on page 113

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
'It'll be on his conscience,' ma faither said tae er. E w on page 44

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
nburgh, Whidder they sould in conscience pey any pairt of the 40000 li
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
My Calvinist conscience tells me
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
public consciousness – and conscience – wi The Cheviot, the Stag
ity wis steirin up the social conscience o theatre gangers thocht that
ment that wakkened the social conscience o twa generations and pit Sco
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Adam (waking): Guid help ma conscience! Whit is this?
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
le 9 on the freedom o thocht, conscience an religion, the Bretons thre
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Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
s which salved oor collective conscience.
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Your conscience an’ ethics, would hae tae b
Ignorin’ ambition, tae heed conscience’s voice!
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
im. He seemt tired. Maybe his conscience had kept him waukin last nich
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Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
hes scunnert the conscience o mankind, and the advent o a
and conscience and shuld guide theirsels ane
e richt tae freedom o thocht, conscience and religioun; this richt inc
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Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
but they are a vyce o radical conscience. The Scots National Pairty ha
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Macdonald, Ileene Fit’s it aa aboot?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
s seem to have rediscovered a conscience and a cause – energised by
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Curt_Kenobi Mates, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
Connery - - thinks Sean's ehs conscience or somesuch shite. He'll go o
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Briggs, Susi My Yellow Yorlin, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
He’ll be conveenced, by his conscience
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Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
d banger or a committed man o conscience? Depends on yer point o view

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
ruth and save the country’s conscience afore it wis too late.

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
ised ah’d been a prisoner o conscience, a Covenanter, an nae a crimi

Doric

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - The New Leviathan, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
nae conscience for its sufferin on page 84

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
, wrestlin fir a meenit wi ma conscience, afore takkin a deep breath a on page 79
n makkin a het flush O guilty conscience waash ower his dial. "If aat' on page 87

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
o conscience, on page 20

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
fore he deet, though. A clear conscience ts a saft pilla." on page 15

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ye maun hae an affa sensitive conscience if ye've come aa the wye up h on page 108

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
His conscience clear he could relax, on page 39

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Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And then, tae prick me conscience, lyan there afore me eyes on page 30
Then I got a bad dose o the conscience - hid wis time tae atone fur on page 32
r asks tae see the slip so me conscience wid be clear. on page 39

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Shetland

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
his mind, gnawing at his raa conscience lik a chunk o fresh meat.
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Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Wud conscience ever think on page 11
Nae conscience guilt wi' that in mind on page 41

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