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Use in varieties of Scots

riddle Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.9 5.6 25.5 0 5.8 20.7 4.4
Number of occurrences3211 17 0 1 2 1
Number of authors13 7 2 1 2 1

Occurrences of riddle in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
lice said tae hersell, "A wee riddle or twa, that's the verra thin on page 67
"Hiv ye goat the riddle yit?" the Hatter said, turnin on page 69

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
RIDDLE I on page 13
Riddle II on page 26
RIDDLE III on page 36

3 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
"Hae ye guessed the riddle yet?" said the Hatter, turnin on page 44

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
And thare he goes Mr Riddle o the Sphynx on page 87

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
ve research was pit through a riddle (Macafee, 2000, 2001), some b on page 9

1 matches

MacKenzie, Douglas Eemis Stane 1 - Puir Finch, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Could I great nature's riddle sift, on page 13

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
There is a Scots riddle: ‘The laverock and the lark
1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
er Scots sang, rhyme, joke or riddle oan yer social media wi the t (2020) twitter link

Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
deil his tried ye aa oot, tae riddle ye lik corn, 'jst as e fairme on page 117

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
3. The Tale o Granny Riddle
Aabody likit Granny Riddle. She wis that helpfu an guid-
umbs. Bit ae foreneen, Granny Riddle wisna tae be seen at yer back
ueats. The doctor telt Granny Riddle tae bide inbye an rest fur a
rest fur a whylie, bit Granny Riddle didna wint tae rest. There wi
16 matches

Shetland

Isbister, Sonny Caves aroond Shetland, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
Maybe da middle will solve da riddle!’ so dey gied troo da middl
1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
The riddle that ye pose on page 19

1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
d it Craik Sheil wis ae Davie Riddle whae played the bagpipes wi m
1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
"Hae yae guesst the riddle yit?" the Hatter said, turnin on page 70

1 matches

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