| darkness | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occurences normalised per million words | 23.1 | 20.2 | 14.9 | 99.4 | 34.9 | 41.3 | 22.1 | |
| Number of occurrences | 75 | 40 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 5 | |
| Number of authors | 44 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
. The song changes again. The Darkness-Don't Let the Bells End. The on page 28
1 matches
Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Thon feelin is darkness and numbness and guilt, sympa on page 92
how A feel, and bides in the darkness wae me, on page 93
2 matches
Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
rays pilin up party tinged wi darkness an bitterness. The party ay p on page 3
1 matches
Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
'My life is a coalescence of darkness' when he clocks me huvin a sw on page 7
2 matches
Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
A warld o darkness on page 60
1 matches
Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
s fae the light and intae the darkness. As the drugs started tae set on page 90
1 matches
McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
Conrad's grand novel Heart of Darkness, that in its tum wis the insp on page 78
1 matches
McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
the Deil, a Deil in the Dub o Darkness wad hae, fer sic a gude man a on page 95
1 matches
Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
And the clock ticks in darkness and ye canna tell the nummer, on page 37
re whispert in the everywhere darkness on page 118
2 matches
Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
'My life is a coalescence of darkness' when he clocks me huvin a sw on page 8
nd look oot the windae at the darkness. Ah come fae nought, but ah c on page 36
2 matches
Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
twa steps I wis plunged intae darkness. I made a grab fer his jecket on page 20
2 matches
Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
is the only fing breakin the darkness. If it wasnae fur the rain, i on page 28
1 matches
Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
her man, Who brought Kafka's darkness tae light wi her hand. Or Ber on page 41
1 matches
Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
n the gloamin came and brocht darkness doon on the land, Hercules ch on page 25
1 matches
Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
mind. As he lay in the gross darkness, Mr. Enfield's tale went by i on page 119
1 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Set in Darkness - Ian Rankin
1 matches
Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
was indistinctly seen in the darkness of the night.
1 matches
Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ne More River to Cross’, ‘Darkness and Light’, an an intriguin
1 matches
Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
when in the leafy darkness o the wood
A see the darkness takkin form.
2 matches
Mc Rae, Thomas The Neep Lantern, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
wiz oot. We luiked intae the darkness an’ shouted “Miss Mclenna
1 matches
Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
yes tae see through the pitch darkness. ‘Ah see ye found it.’ a
1 matches
Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ble in the rapidly encroachin darkness, there’s a wee cottage, it
We open the door tae pitch darkness, the stench ay damp an the fe
2 matches
Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
erve this?” ah moan tae the darkness.
ed a guid mile in the freezin darkness, but ah huvnae coughed since
2 matches
McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ad oot. Tae lead oot o’ the darkness o’ ignorance intae the lich
Frae darkness tae the licht we’ve sought,
2 matches
McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
to bring them all and in the darkness bind them!
1 matches
Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
e quicksand. Ailsa woke up in darkness, unafraid. She wis whur she w
1 matches
Pennie, Len The year A shouldnae hae had, (tictok 2022) Central - Kilmarnock, poetry
people lit us thon feelin is darkness an numbness an guilt
An bides in the darkness wae me
2 matches
Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
He’d lived in darkness fur so long
There’s freedom fae the darkness
2 matches
Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
destination during the oors o darkness. (Bruce pits oan his announce on page 40
2 matches
Diansangu, Mae Tales Fae The Doric Side - Exodus20:3, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
suffocatin, petropatriarchal darkness on page 66
1 matches
Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
files darkness claspit saft dunk on page 23
1 matches
Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Wi thochts o fit thi darkness hid, on page 6
Oot o darkness there cam a shadda, on page 8
2 matches
Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
An in ma oor o darkness she is on page 197
1 matches
Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
fan, an skurried awy intill e darkness as hard as he could go. on page 17
1 matches
Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
ooks. Thunnerstorms. Locusts. Darkness. Firstborn loons drappin doon
1 matches
Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Tae stand there in the darkness, no a naggan wife in sight. on page 30
I trembled in the darkness in the middle o the night. on page 40
We waited till darkness wis fallan and intae the kirk on page 61
We sit side bi side in the darkness and we drink till the bottle' on page 81
4 matches
Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
at wan the darkness on page 5
succumbed tae the foosty darkness, the fantasy. on page 17
o vast country darkness, an the deadly ambush. on page 27
3 matches
Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
oot as the grimleens turn tae darkness on page 117
1 matches
Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
the next lamp flickered intae darkness. Twelve times he clicked the
1 matches
Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
me safe against da gale an da darkness.
1 matches
Johnson, Laureen Moarnin Ida Kames, (Shetland For Wirds 2007) Shetland, poetry
As day comes fae darkness
1 matches
Isbister, Sonny Caves aroond Shetland, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
alkin. I can see troo all dis darkness’.
1 matches
Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
As soon as darkness fell we startit da lang henk
1 matches
@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Wi little in da wye o darkness at dis time o year, it helps (2019) search twitter
Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Fir thanks tae wunters darkness on page 47
1 matches
Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
I left mine eyes tha darkness filled, on page 36
Fae darkness gobbled up tha day on page 47
Ain darkness goat ait santered aif. on page 50
3 matches