limbs | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 11.5 | 12.3 | 7.5 | 19.9 | 5.8 | 31 | 8.9 | |
Number of occurrences | 37 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
Number of authors | 29 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
just aboot tae start breakin limbs unless ye come up wae their c on page 9
1 matches
Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
wi yin a wee bit bigger. Nae limbs but an impression ae a face. on page 1
1 matches
Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ert cut oot, beheidit, an his limbs cut aff - wi his pairts tae on page 54
1 matches
Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
I hae a norrie that ma limbs are growin hair, on page 35
hae fell awa, the down on ma limbs on page 37
2 matches
Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
the faithers limbs, the boys just unhooked thems on page 41
the flash of her limbs as the body hits the watter on page 42
2 matches
McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
He wis wheechin aff heids an limbs wi his weapon, gettin covert on page 20
1 matches
Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Airms lang lithe limbs o airn and o rock they said on page 39
O hertbeats firin up yer limbs on page 118
2 matches
Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
But limbs nae langer blush unseen, on page 31
kin that lassies cut aboot wi limbs nae langer blushin unseen, he on page 52
2 matches
Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Whan lithe ma limbs nae mair shall bend on page 78
1 matches
Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
pouin an bouin an yankin oan limbs, cuttin throu skin an fat an on page 8
1 matches
Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Her wi her baar souple limbs on page 98
1 matches
Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
the prisoners, wi his sleekit limbs an bonnie bleck hair, I wis s
nes watched her rax her tawny limbs an set aff for her mornin rin
2 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Tae limbs far nerve ends hae deid.
1 matches
McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ndin’ he’rt an’ wearied limbs,
1 matches
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
it while he arranged his auld limbs in an ermchair. They were cee
he relaxed satisfaction o her limbs, an the bonny curve o her rig
2 matches
Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
med even mair statuesque. Her limbs were lang and affy pale, giei
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
just aboot tae start breakin limbs unless ye come up wae their c
1 matches
Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"A kept all ma limbs awful supple on page 45
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
pairts. They cam wi the upper limbs o men, nerra airms that powki
1 matches
Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
es the ootline o the face and limbs blank o colour itherwise. In
1 matches
Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
z een o my perks I got aa the limbs tae masel. I planned tae tak
1 matches
Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
disguised as an island o men, limbs on page 3
1 matches
Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
arthritic limbs gnarled an skewed, on page 153
1 matches
Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
boot ma auld banes, her young limbs wairm anent mine.
1 matches
Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
"A kept aal mae limbs wile supple on page 47
1 matches