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Use in varieties of Scots

candle Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.4 4 5.9 19.9 11.6 10.3 4.8
Number of occurrences188 4 2 2 1 1
Number of authors14 6 2 2 2 1 1

Occurrences of candle in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
candle is like efter the candle's oot, cause she couldnae min on page 14

2 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
A PURPLE candle. A smooth red stane. Cauld wa on page 1

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
incense; we light the Easter candle, reciting the promises made a on page 3

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
by candle light in meh kecks on page 5

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
. It wisna gum though. It wis candle grease. Y'ken I like a read i on page 23

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
she confessed tae haudin "no candle for Scots", she freely awned
1 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ma goan oot altogether, lek a candle. A winder what A should be le on page 13

3 matches

@JamesAmcvean tweeted
@mckinlay_liz Aye a candle drawer(2021) search twitter

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Tween of the Wicks, Candle of the Sneuk on page 11

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
Thoo cud go intae the scented candle business! ??(2020) search twitter

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Runcigill, Lyrie Geo, Candle o da Sneuk. on page 27

1 matches

Watt, Valerie A skoit trowe da shops, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
nt dey hed? Or mebbe a smelly candle? I wis draan tae whit lookit
1 matches

Southern

@jamie_ginger tweeted
et mum and dad. O mums hers a candle. O dad hers and avacado. #hat(2018) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
pure clear hight, hke a kitth candle burning in the night. Mrs And on page 48

1 matches

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