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spider Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.2 11.6 3 9.9 17.4 0 17.7
Number of occurrences3323 2 1 3 0 4
Number of authors18 13 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of spider in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Shepherd, J. Barrie Lallans 82 - Forth Brig, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
like a flee in a spider's web. on page 28

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 82 - Biggin the Great Nor Road, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
n stapped bi a filament, then spider flaunted on page 66

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ah suddenly caught sight ae a spider danglin fae a long silvery th on page 14
is that guys like me and the spider kin chase oor dreams, but we' on page 19
e maire intently ah watch the spider, the maire care he seems tae on page 21
This time the spider is, close, real close. Ah've on page 23
ae little. That's why if this spider kin make it oan the fourth at on page 25

7 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Whaur the spider fairies eat on page 142

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
'Lassies wi spider-leg eyelashes, skin-coloured on page 53

1 matches

Porter, Steve Lallans 74 - Gone Wi The Windae, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
eart in a smirr o static an a spider wab o cracs. A quiet electric
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Bruce's Spider
1 matches

Muir, Glenn The Bruce Triumphant, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, poetry
"I seen a muckle spider in that cave
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Evil eye A big hairy spider an’ a toaty wee fly Gote oo
1 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
dotscot @ccfest Ne'er seen a 'spider' cryed a wabster afore, A've (2019) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
rs'. When & who wis the last 'Spider' to be picked/play fir Scotla (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
Chased a spider across the flair tae stomp on(2020) search twitter
Ma cludgie hus become spider central. ?? https://t.co/mqo7(2020) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
een a wasp aw fly intae a wee spider web! Spider aw go doon reddy (2020) search twitter
d dun furra day! A save a big spider, aw strugglin in steves watte(2020) search twitter

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
e kens fine i'feel o' a silky spider on page 159

1 matches

@McGoo1888 tweeted
eck...Queensferry mob..a huge spider ran across mah floor and ah l (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
There's a spider in the bath tub on page 71

1 matches

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
e fold some laundry and saw a spider hingin fae da celin fae its b (2018) twitter link

Ulster

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Insy Winsy Spider on page 8
Alang came a spider on page 13

4 matches

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