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fyle Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words36.1 2.5 168.1 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1175 112 0 0 0 0
Number of authors16 4 12

Occurrences of fyle 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

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
hat nae wife o his shuid ever fyle her shune steppin oot ower hi on page 27
n Broun tuik guid care no tae fyle his ain nest. Tho still thraw on page 41

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Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
hou shoud I fyle them again? on page 10

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
O Sharon's rose gart fyle his sheenin dress, on page 37

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
They winnae scratch or fyle yer rugs.
1 matches

Doric

Reid, Adeline Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Clootie Duff, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
plate tae rest the duff fur a fyle on page 20

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
it. We fynaly maid eit across fyle hingin ontae wer hat's, ma da on page 4
n thi tilly lump we paraffin, fyle en thi baakgroon yea cood hee on page 5
aff, an rein ower tae Muskey. Fyle Muskey weis stcil groanen, th on page 6
offen lock thi shcydee door, fyle we weis ensyde melten leed fu on page 9
getten geiy dodjee tae haul. Fyle steemen farrar Sooth, aye loo on page 10
Also on pages 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 49, 51, 55, 56, 57, 60, 61, 64, 65, 68
73 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
He kent Ira fae a fyle back fan Ira had daen some pl on page 8

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
, Mary, "Iss bairn is set tae fyle an tae save mony in jsrael. H on page 83

1 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Creepin on they geed a fyle, on page 6
They danced awa fair for a fyle, on page 20

2 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ie poorin oot its sang aa the fyle. "Gweed hivvens abeen," thoch on page 27

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
ace dowpit doon bi the ingle, fyle his dother in law made the fl on page 51

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
n boulders, an sweerin aa the fyle. They couldna see a haan in f on page 87

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
in Czechoslovakia... an a the fyle haudin on tae peer Faither Mc on page 108

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Harr taks a fer fyle tae clear awa,
wee fyle, came back wi half a dizzen c
jist a fyle ago he noticed something wis
fer fyle". Cauld drinks were poored, w
starts tae laugh, bit efter a fyle
10 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
En dry a fyle en it dis rain again.
een an efter a fyle you wull be teen doon tae the
Best February for a fyle I div declare.
En efter a fyle on comes the rain,
s haein a richt feed. Efter a fyle he felt a bit thirsty an
6 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
er. They lay thegither a lang fyle, the chiel near etten up bi h
. The doctor saw nae need tae fyle the watters bi sharin sic mai
Nava hid deed it tuik a lang fyle fur auld fowk's ill-will agin
ho he noddit an smiled aa the fyle. They warna far frae the wrac
4 matches

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
a lang time ago caad "Smile a Fyle" which I sold and split the p
1 matches

Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
For a fyle nou there’s been a hert-war
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
h’m gaun tae hell.” A wee fyle later he met the same fowk ag
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
suspension o my landy. For a fyle aifter that nithing happened
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ird said something tae him. A fyle later he came back wi the Lai
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ahin him. On an on they gaed fyle the
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government, (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
ae be in existence for a fair fyle yet – there’s nae need fo
1 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
Ah'll be waakin aa gyte fir a fyle braakin em in. https://t.co/o(2020) search twitter
t stick em in e toaster fir a fyle and there good as new.(2020) search twitter

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