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The word 'torches'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
torchesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.3148
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 139.1 3 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of torches in Corpus

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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Oil lamps and torches noo lit for the final shots, on page 26
Torches and lamps lit wir path on page 27

2 matches

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
amfrazrob @cymrogav *prepares torches* dirs goin tae be some pillag (2019) twitter link

North East Central

Heather, Alistair The ghaist lichts, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
es o deid airmen wi them. The torches they cairit war visible fae t
in the sky. An they saw these torches as a trail o dottit lichts ru
2 matches

Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
The cruel craiturs pit their torches tae the hoose an the flames h
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
r forby. Somebody wad produce torches, somebody else a fiddle; anit on page 74

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ime. Bi the licht o flickerin torches the enthusiasm fer the idea b on page 103

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
rally meant pittin up loads o torches an, naturally enough, haein s on page 125

2 matches

General Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Aince we got in, we shone wir torches aa aroun the bunker. We wes d on page 65

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
arie 9 - Februarie 10, 1567. Torches are lit, an braziers. Aa are on page 14
o the stage; the licht o the torches an braziers fades; the gates on page 73

2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
ackpacker's paradise, the sun torches the bleacht verandah an anith on page 23

1 matches

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