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Use in varieties of Scots

salt Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words24.3 19.2 38.8 99.4 5.8 20.7 8.9
Number of occurrences7938 26 10 1 2 2
Number of authors38 22 5 7 1 2 1

Occurrences of salt in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
h! she wis up tae her chin in salt-watter. Her first idea wis th on page 20
d oot a boax ae comfits, (the salt-watter hidnae goat intae it s on page 28

2 matches

Shepherd, J. Barrie Lallans 82 - Crab Toon Crail, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
unload their salt-borne bounty on page 40

1 matches

Cairns, Pauline Lallans 83 - Boeuf Bourguignon, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
salt an pepper on page 68
Add salt an pepper an the boattle o Bu on page 69

2 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
stories wae a pinch ae fuckin salt. Most ae the wans yi hear ir on page 10

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ce wi hir raspin tung fir the salt taing o it. An whiles she lic on page 14

1 matches

Le Marie, Nicole nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Last Day At East Wemyss, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, poetry
arnacle cuts, numbed clean wi salt on page 87

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
hese teachers are worth their salt, ah'm gonnae get a chance tae on page 7

2 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
the old salt's gruff approval on page 50

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
dded, sincerely. Then tae rub salt intae ma wounds Aldo decided on page 194

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
that eh hid pit in too much salt. on page 41

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
e auld Dundee Communists, the salt o the earth.' Weel it's no ji on page 9
ships' biscuits, - an canned salt beef tae last the winter but on page 37

6 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Slowly disappear aneath salt sea brine, on page 20
Crossin some immense salt-pan, on page 140

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ion next tae hur. Ah sit. Hur salt-and-pepper hair is curled tae on page 45
t. Ah breathed in the smell o salt and vinegar as we passed the on page 55
od knows hoo Bettie still hud salt-and-pepper hair at the end o on page 111

3 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
the wash on land, the salt on stone, on page 85

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
tae hiv, lik three packets o salt an puns o tatties an a hunner on page 45

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Slawly disappear aneath salt sea brine,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
rooftops, his eyes glazed wae salt watter, silent. His pride’s
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
The wee man’s eyes fill wae salt watter an ah imagine the doac
1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
mell o her – like blood and salt and a see-through blue, I rem
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
obertMiggins Only if ye dae a salt and pepper loaf tae.(2020) search twitter

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@weehalfpintt Wee carton of salt ????.(2020) search twitter
d a few stressful hissy fits. Salt and pepper squid, sticky rice(2020) search twitter

@jack_capener tweeted
ae thick ye cin awmaist taste salt.(2019) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
ne Oh er Braw! Wae a wee tate salt!!(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
annae cairry big bags o' road salt. Feck, that'll be me s(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
Brian_Pacey btw brother is it salt n sauce on yours - a forgot (2020) twitter link
elMyers the geordie accent - salt oh the earth people - need a (2020) twitter link

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
jist the same the salt smerts oor kisses. on page 1

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
CORPORAL SALT'S ONLY DARTS PUB BAND on page 127
CORPORAL SALT'S ONLY DARTS PUB BAND (REPRIS on page 138

21 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
! she wis up till her chin in salt watter. Her first idea wis at on page 19
t a box o comfits, (luckily e salt watter hedna got intill id), on page 26

2 matches

Johnston, Shaun The Forkie Gollach, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
o chips wi a the trimmins’ salt, vinegar, sauce and then say
1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
rn brocht up in the watter wi salt in her blud and erms makkit t
1 matches

Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gallows Ha - Recipe for a Good Storm, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
in an air filled o salt spray. on page 26

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Salt pork and kale, sweeman in but on page 31
t tae that - Ah'll need some salt and pepper if ah'm gaan tae a on page 65

2 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
and roaran in an air filled o salt spray. on page 52

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Home tae rinse the salt on page 18
turnan salt poodered pearls on page 81

2 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The watter chill an salt, on page 58

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
he line Me auld claes are on, salt fish for wir tea Blide thir o on page 73

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
nd a dram o Owld Pulteney – salt tae go wae the pepper
1 matches

Cowan, Fiona A Boreas domus mare amicus?, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney - Finstown, poetry
Haeve salt apae the windows
1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
hid wis salt-soor, that watter. on page 18

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Tequilas laced wi' salt on page 20

1 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
michaelgove Sprinkle loads of salt oan him!! ????????(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
! shae wus up tae hir neck in salt waater. Hir furst thocht wus on page 21
o comfits (lucky fur hir the salt waater hadnae got intae it), on page 28

2 matches

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