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Use in varieties of Scots

buttercup Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.4 2.1 3 0 5.8 10.3 26.6
Number of occurrences144 2 0 1 1 6
Number of authors10 4 2 1 1 2

Occurrences of buttercup in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
Alice, as she leant against a buttercup tae rest hersel, an fanned he on page 42

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
, as she stellt hersel agin a buttercup tae draw braith, an waftit he on page 41

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
y’ and the entry covers the buttercup or meadow crowfoot, the marsh
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
he openin bars ay Build me up Buttercup by The Foundations blaring oo
1 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Alice, as she leant against a buttercup till rest hersel, an fanned h on page 40

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
mmles, her neb wi yalla’s a buttercup, an her een war twa bricht be
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
s!" said Alice, hnnin alang a buttercup ta rest her, an fannin hersel on page 42

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Ahlice, as she leant aginst a buttercup tae rest hersel, an fanned he on page 41

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
d Alice, is shae leant agin a buttercup tae rest hirsel, an fanned hi on page 42

1 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
,’ she saed as she birled a buttercup in her hand. She hoult the bu
in her hand. She hoult the buttercup unner her chin an it changed
enies were skinklin unner the buttercup.
ke somebody is houlin a giant buttercup again the rows o white peeble
weans o Latharna play unner a buttercup sunset.
5 matches

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