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horizon Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.6 13.4 4.5 89.4 52.3 0 13.3
Number of occurrences5026 3 9 9 0 3
Number of authors36 19 3 6 6 2

Occurrences of horizon in Corpus

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Central

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Folk wi a broad intellectual horizon on page 49

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
at streetched back ti a misty horizon. Ye cuid juist mak oot the hi on page 73

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ae the four horsemen oan the horizon wid deter oor support fur the on page 95

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Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
a heaviness oan the horizon. on page 169

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
the sun is peepin up ower the horizon, it shouts in its loudest voi on page 76

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
nes, she looked oot ontae the horizon and thocht aboot an invention on page 3

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
he cranes and funnels oan the horizon. Ah'd left school wi a few br on page 53

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Adamson, Donald Northwords Now 43 - Donald Adamson, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Central, poetry
abuin the horizon, on page 28

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Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Red on Maroon, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
an thare ower thi horizon on page 111

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Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
fingered dawn crept over the horizon, the letter box swallowed up on page 37

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Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Januar 19th, 2009, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
on thi faur horizon.
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Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
rey an white, towards the far horizon. Lichts – no many nowadays
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Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
y o stormy watters an far-aff horizon, aye tenty to haud onto the a
a fluff o grey sprittled the horizon, the stairheid ravelin bleck
she watched the grey horizon ayont the movin blur o sea.
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Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
n is chuggin reekily ower the horizon: the Buchan railway line. The
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Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
a second lockdoon’s oan the horizon. Big Boris hus a sin tae answ
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
tit lik icebergs on the heich horizon. There wisna muckle tae suppo
He swept his erm across the horizon that seemt that unpopulatit t
laed her haun as it swept the horizon, conveyin foo faur she wis fa
egither ayont the curve o the horizon! You’ve transcendit the lee
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Street, ma eyes drawn tae the horizon alang the ridge line fae Dech
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Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ars and disappear beneath the horizon. But she couldnae and she wis
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Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
tterie sin boonced low on the horizon. He skirted the gless biggins
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Ahmad, Nyla How We Celebrate – scrievin prompt, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
ionship recipes frae the Blue Horizon Counselling and Mediation web
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
it - 2 possible games on the horizon but as per usual give me a sh (2020) twitter link

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
that begin wye aff at the horizon on page 4

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
As Jonsar Eck looked ower the horizon, he coodnae bit notice the
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
spot in the itherwise dreich horizon. Isie's fowk hid sattled inno
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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
wer the fields, right tae the horizon. The fields were fillo butter on page 22

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Norquoy, Greer Gallows Ha - The Weather Dance, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
The horizon held the settan sun on page 28

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Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
the horizon. With me waste on page 15

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Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
faer bigger an it filled the horizon. I blinked, rubbed me eyes an on page 14
wer the fields, right tae the horizon. The fields were fill o butte on page 76

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Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The horizon held the settan sun on page 154

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Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Oot on the horizon on page 93

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Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
Sanday. Distant hooses on the horizon seem like they canna be on th
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@peediepuss tweeted
o the sooth end is below the horizon, it's mostly just the Hill gr (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
egnant he disappeared ower da horizon. No onnly dat, bit he took he on page 37
es du what's ahint dem ipo da horizon. Dir a herd a ele-elephants d on page 52

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De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
da horizon for him ta win haem safe on page 34

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
A'll start wi da horizon: draa on page 38

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Sinclair, Lise Fauld up da Feddoms, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, poetry
Hentin da horizon on a white ship’s keel
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Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
rie chunks o' ice littered da horizon, as if an artist haed taen a
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Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Minni-Babbi, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, prose
Da day hit appeared apö da horizon wis a fine sunny een, an da s
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
a sun started to peep abun da horizon https://t.co/9B2svKknRi(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
bodie an swum taewart a pink horizon o sea an sky. She swum, risin on page 50

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Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
braid horizon. on page 59

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Dornan, Stephen Ding Doon tha Mairch Dikes, (Modern Poetry Translation 2019) Ulster - Comber, poetry
braid horizon.
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