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The word 'spider'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
spiderOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.13318
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 22.8 9 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.6 11 7
SEA - South East (Borders)
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)
GUL - General Ulster 56.2 4 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of spider in Corpus

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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

Mid Northern B

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

General Northern

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

(South) East Central

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

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

West Central

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

Edinburgh

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

Glasgow

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

General 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

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

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

@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)
Ma cludgie hus become spider central. ?? https://t.co/mqo7(2020)

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

General 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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