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Use in varieties of Scots

bracken Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.4 4.1 9 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences148 6 0 0 0 0
Number of authors11 8 4

Occurrences of bracken in Corpus

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Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
(Ae ruin hid amang the bracken) on page 10

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
Thare war nae fitmerks, nae bracken brainches, nae unco keech. Th on page 59

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Wreathed wi bracken, nettles an weeds, on page 94

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Broonin like bracken burnt back, on page 97

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McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Soond shift, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
An nane ae us has bracken oot in biles an carbuncles on page 49

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
an wet, the thick heather an bracken slick wae mornin dew. It suck
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McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
across the hill. Scrub an’ bracken gave me cover bit nae protect
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Eunson, Catherine This Winter, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
abardine, spangin through the bracken
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Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
an unexpeckit burn amang the bracken at e bottom. on page 56

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Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
eing, thi boat wis thumpen an bracken on page 48
n. Baggy say's tae ma, "She's bracken up," an jist we at, we seemed on page 49

3 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
it masel! Roused tae, it the bracken truist, thou thare wis nae te on page 80

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ay be somethin ungodly in the bracken) an the toon mayor, whause en
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