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Use in varieties of Scots

instruments Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 9.3 0 9.9 0 0 26.6
Number of occurrences2518 0 1 0 0 6
Number of authors19 15 1 3

Occurrences of instruments in Corpus

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Central

Donaldson, Gordon Lallans 90 - Echty-Echt, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
trip til Hungary. We tuik oor instruments, and on the Sunday we played on page 36

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ngin groups stertit tae yaise instruments ither than the guitar an arti on page 56

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
s and the variety © stringit instruments that they aye haulit aboot wi on page 101

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Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
we're aw gaun tae lairn some instruments and set up as wan o thae faim on page 31

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
the maist effective potential instruments tae kythe frae this process o on page 17

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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
e habeilitie at it. Wi modren instruments an, belyve, soun racordins, t
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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
Wild Law are apparent in some instruments and decisions but the review
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
in’, gien that nae musical instruments seemed tae be in evidence at
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Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
nd the fiddler pit doon their instruments and pulled doon their scarves
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
an “filthie.” Muisical instruments — maist o aa the kirk organ
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
money tae progress tae Gibson instruments man. Ma brief foray intae the
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Voices an’ instruments would blend,
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“He’s lost some of the instruments,” sayed Bill cuttitly. “W
d aroon the smaa collection o instruments an remotes contemptuously.
auld-farrant box o drawin instruments. An inside its ain box he fun
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@WhenDidADidny tweeted
le on the back, get the brass instruments oot and get done in by some b (2018) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
ans asked questions about the instruments & Scots culture. When Billy J(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
n her is a murgis o starns an instruments, but Astrid keeps her een on on page 144

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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
man's een reserved fur brass instruments an flash motors. What had the on page 11
o bagpipers aal tuinin thair instruments at yince. on page 14

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
Instruments fer Bans plen. Sim o' thaim i on page 38
heft wi' the buyin o' musical instruments on page 42
instruments es wus a renewed commitment t on page 59

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@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
ave music too, people brought instruments with them. And this is a livi (2021) twitter link

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