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demons Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.5 3.6 19.6 0 0 10.3 70.8
Number of occurrences377 13 0 0 1 16
Number of authors14 6 5 1 2

Occurrences of demons in Corpus

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Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
th fearsome teeth and beards, Demons with fiery nostrils, on page 64

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Demons slave here twenty-four-seven! on page 92
Ma demons cannae wait tae meet ye, on page 94

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Demons and Deils cam tae hand yer so on page 23

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
rang, snortin and pechin like demons. Hercules's men dragged them on page 36

1 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
dhe wyr an auld folk, even as demons wyr bairns and thyr magics an
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
y the Deil had posted twa big demons at the gates o Hell tae mak s(2020) search twitter

Doric

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Twa demons' dance bi thi moonlicht, on page 19

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
that. Nae gweed'll come o't. Demons is naethin ti play aboot wi. on page 74

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
A story aboot a quine an twa demons – d'ye ken the tale, Nava?"
her moo, fur syne wad cam twa demons, an gweed wad cam oot o ill.
"Weel, Pranny wis terrified o demons, bit the auld bodach seemed a
aa in a breist, back cam the demons, shakkin aff the sea watter,
the jungle again. An the twa demons are that ferfochan, they faa
8 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
for his need tae face his ain demons his ain wye.
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
roon ma neck an chases awa ma demons. She wis trained bi a Glesga (2019) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
The demons cackle like bubbly jocks on page 39

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
There wud be nae mention o demons unearthed on a windy, hallowe on page 9
udy. Hallucinauons. Hysteria. Demons parteeclar tae a wumman's min on page 32
Dreams. Memries. The present. Demons parteeclar tae a wumman's min on page 33

3 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
haim, an healt thaim. Forbye, demons cum oot o monie on page 76
¯m frae tha toon. He wus fu o demons, an haed bin rinnin roon for on page 83
An Jesus allood ït. Sae tha demons cum oot o Legion, an the' wen on page 84
gien thaim pooer ivver aa tha demons, an pooer tae cure aa kines o on page 85
ie, we saa a bodie castin oot demons ïn your name an we forbïd h on page 86
Also on pages 89
13 matches

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