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spirits Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.6 8.7 12.1 29.8 5.8 31 79.7
Number of occurrences5017 8 3 1 3 18
Number of authors25 12 6 3 1 1 2

Occurrences of spirits in Corpus

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Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Taen the spirits fae graveyards they hauntit t on page 7

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
s? Weel, that's a wee drap o' spirits, ocht usually ta'en in a wee on page 11

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
me tae realise we are kindred spirits. We baith try and fail time a on page 23
. Everyboady seems tae in gid spirits as the night progresses. Ever on page 80

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
the livin an the warld o the spirits wis at its thinnest an the de on page 117

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ase shut up yir disturbin the spirits. Aye, said Tommy Campbell, Yi on page 106
shite. Shhh, said Charlene. O spirits of the ouija board, said Frie on page 107

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
You bolster timid spirits wi a psalm, on page 20

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Men? Spirits frae Hell! on page 20

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
You bolster timid spirits wi a psalm,
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Tae aw guid spirits, far an near,
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
in’ in which we’re proud, spirits been crushed an’ cowed!
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Spirits,” she sayed, “purely medi
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ncy a wee livener tae get the spirits up?’ He fans a wee folded-u
1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
hoose that wis haunted by the spirits ae forgotten weans. She wis f
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
. Annoyinly they seem in high spirits. Probable euphoria broat aboo
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Seein Spirits on page 58

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Ye ken fine ye canna hunnle spirits. Ye ging fair hich - clean a on page 15
Stevie, min." Ronnie fun his spirits sinkin as he sut doon in fron on page 50

2 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
O ghosts an spirits they were told, on page 6

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Ye kin keep yer ither spirits, I dinna care fit ye think. on page 92

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
m a drappie warm ale wi sweet spirits o nitre an a wee sup laudenum
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
face with black fish een her spirits plummeted and she hid to figh
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
I wis in high spirits half anoorago(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
thir spirits aer strong, on page 25

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
cheust revive him, raise his spirits up wance more. on page 50

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
An eftir, eftir tea turns tae spirits, I kennan her ploys is waatch on page 48

1 matches

Shetland

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
The trows are spirits native to Orkney and Shetland(2019) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Yer spirits lifted high on page 7
The crews guid spirits never fails on page 32

3 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
tormentit, or bothert wi ïll spirits, or tuk fïts, or fowk that w on page 4
spïrits, an he driv oot tha spirits wi a wurd an cured aa that wu on page 9

17 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
It hits harder whin spirits ir' low. on page 48

1 matches

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