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Use in varieties of Scots

limbs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.5 12.3 7.5 19.9 5.8 31 8.9
Number of occurrences3724 5 2 1 3 2
Number of authors29 17 5 2 1 3 2

Occurrences of limbs in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
is grey locks, "Ah kept aw ma limbs awfy supple on page 37

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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
He wis wheechin aff heids an limbs wi his weapon, gettin covert on page 20

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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

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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

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Whan lithe ma limbs nae mair shall bend on page 78

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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

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Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Her wi her baar souple limbs on page 98

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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
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Tae limbs far nerve ends hae deid.
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ndin’ he’rt an’ wearied limbs,
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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
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Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
med even mair statuesque. Her limbs were lang and affy pale, giei
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Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
just aboot tae start breakin limbs unless ye come up wae their c
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Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
m wirdlessly wiprt ma shakkin limbs. She grat an grat es she patt on page 66

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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

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
pairts. They cam wi the upper limbs o men, nerra airms that powki
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Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
es the ootline o the face and limbs blank o colour itherwise. In
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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
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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
tree-step first, tae rax oot limbs an find the yivver feet thir on page 130

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Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
disguised as an island o men, limbs on page 3

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
istance licht plays apö warm limbs, on page 28

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Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
When aching limbs repair on page 11

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Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
arthritic limbs gnarled an skewed, on page 153

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Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
boot ma auld banes, her young limbs wairm anent mine.
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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ie sloped bakward as his lang limbs galloped on aheid. on page 41

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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

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