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Use in varieties of Scots

castor Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.9 1 1.5 29.8 0 0 0
Number of occurrences62 1 3 0 0 0
Number of authors6 2 1 3

Occurrences of castor in Corpus

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Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
cake wis stowed wi pepper or castor-oil or some ither fousome stu on page 120

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
then his faither caa's him 'Castor'; gif he's a shilpit wee bauc on page 118

1 matches

Doric

Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
on in the Laxative League, wi Castor Ile, and hivvens kens whit aa
1 matches

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
A speun or two o 'castor oil', or a grain o 'epsom sat on page 88

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
heu threatened tae dose me wi castor oil and the thowt nearly meed on page 61

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
fae anunder the faalse castor oil bushes. on page 12

1 matches

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