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The word 'demons'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
demonsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.73815
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 36 11 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 98.5 3 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 236.2 13 1

Occurrences of demons in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Twa demons' dance bi thi moonlicht, on page 19

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
A story aboot a quine an twa demons – d'ye ken the tale, Nava?"
her moo, fur syne wad cam twa demons, an gweed wad cam oot o ill.
"Weel, Pranny wis terrified o demons, bit the auld bodach seemed a
aa in a breist, back cam the demons, shakkin aff the sea watter,
the jungle again. An the twa demons are that ferfochan, they faa
8 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
for his need tae face his ain demons his ain wye.
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
roon ma neck an chases awa ma demons. She wis trained bi a Glesga (2019)

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
that. Nae gweed'll come o't. Demons is naethin ti play aboot wi. on page 74

2 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
rang, snortin and pechin like demons. Hercules's men dragged them on page 36

1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
th fearsome teeth and beards, Demons with fiery nostrils, on page 64

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Demons slave here twenty-four-seven! on page 92
Ma demons cannae wait tae meet ye, on page 94

2 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
"The burds ur demons up here sahn. Right ma tha, w on page 3

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Demons and Deils cam tae hand yer so on page 23

1 matches

General Central

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
dhe wyr an auld folk, even as demons wyr bairns and thyr magics an
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
y the Deil had posted twa big demons at the gates o Hell tae mak s(2020)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
The demons cackle like bubbly jocks on page 39

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
There wud be nae mention o demons unearthed on a windy, hallowe on page 9
udy. Hallucinauons. Hysteria. Demons parteeclar tae a wumman's min on page 32
Dreams. Memries. The present. Demons parteeclar tae a wumman's min on page 33

3 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
haim, an healt thaim. Forbye, demons cum oot o monie on page 76
¯m frae tha toon. He wus fu o demons, an haed bin rinnin roon for on page 83
An Jesus allood ït. Sae tha demons cum oot o Legion, an the' wen on page 84
gien thaim pooer ivver aa tha demons, an pooer tae cure aa kines o on page 85
ie, we saa a bodie castin oot demons ïn your name an we forbïd h on page 86
Also on pages 89
13 matches

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