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Use in varieties of Scots

sands Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.5 6.7 7.5 19.9 5.8 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences2413 5 2 1 1 2
Number of authors17 8 4 1 1 1 2

Occurrences of sands in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
When the sands ir aw dry, he's as gay as a l on page 103

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
on the white sands o Jervis Bay on page 32

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ae his Monument oan the White Sands, Dumfries) on page 28
n people, Kingholm, Dockhead, Sands an steeple, granary, customs, on page 77

4 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
take o twa puir weemin on the sands at Wigtown), puir Bess wis dr on page 62

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Reach inland from the East Sands to The Scores.' on page 30

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
The sands, whaur waves curmur an smaa w on page 75

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
he touers an the links an the sands, but Airchie's nostalgia didn on page 125

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
The sands, whaur waves curmur an smaa w on page 58

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Monument, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
land at the shore by Burgh on Sands, on page 101

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
he touers an the links an the sands, but Airchie's nostalgia didn
1 matches

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
an oor or sae tae stroll the sands but ye micht want tae pack a on page 10

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
When e sands are all dry, he is gay as a l on page 100

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
the bare dying trees, and the sands o the Broch beach, as ghostly
he wye o the land up here – sands have ay shifted, burying aban
2 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
nned, were only gan to Silver Sands Caravan Park at Lossiemouth! (2016) search twitter

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Till aa the sands run oot. on page 121

2 matches

Shetland

Nicholson, Hannah Eemis Stane 1 - Dance o da Selkies, (Eemis Stane 2022) Shetland, poetry
der tagidder idda middle o da sands on page 14

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
When th sands are aw dry, hei is guid as a on page 103

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
Whin the sands ir aal dry, hae's es gay es a on page 104

1 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
He nivir the sands o' the desert trod, on page 41

1 matches

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