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devil Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.5 11.3 12.1 89.4 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences4022 8 9 0 0 1
Number of authors26 14 5 6 1

Occurrences of devil in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
e take a wee bump ae the auld devil's dandruff aff yees anaw.' on page 11

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
cunt takin their pet Kitchen Devil a walk. A stoat up tae him bu on page 12

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Poor devil! See him ower his screen, on page 105

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Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
am, an' be winderin' whit the devil he's daein' hime at that tme. on page 23

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
For angels' wings (or devil's back): This horse shall ser on page 3

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
tell the truth and shame the Devil. on page 53

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Hughie and The Devil on page 35
"Ye stupit eejit!" The Devil tormented him all the way bac on page 43

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
aw shouts. 'Efter bringin the Devil tae the party...'. on page 14
n ye, the internet _ lets the Devil intae yer hoose.' on page 46
wis gaun'ae stay away fe the Devil's Water fur lang. on page 51
en she said the drink wis the Devil's Water ~ fur aw there wis na on page 75
and Daddy hud the luck o the Devil that nicht. They wur hidin un on page 81
Also on pages 91
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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Preen oot this devil frae your saule. on page 23

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McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
the Devil's thing!" Then satyrs an wumm on page 112

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
that later becam ‘The White Devil’. His unnergraduate days wa
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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
gien Ged a wink as ah go. The devil dug makes another lunge, gnas
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Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
e last known sightin ae those devil wains. Ower the next week it
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
ic as "baudran" (the cat) or "Devil's pictur'd beuks" (playin cai
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@raiphsays tweeted
Nevar too erly tae werr devil horns! :D(2020) search twitter

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
present world, I saw a mighty devil folded in black clouds. (Will
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
er, words like cloven hoof an devil creatur o Bruntie, which neit
toon there isnae much talk o devil cats or beasts o Bruntie, exc
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Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
ry stuff oot. Yur like a dare devil. Ah hope yi grow up to have t
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
the waves crashed against the Devil’s Peatstack in a mash o foa
n weird shapes as if tortured Devil’s imps in the depths o desp
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Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
m if he wiz gyan tae face the Devil again. He'd deen it eence at
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@_DawnLeslie tweeted
’ was an aul NE name for the devil though... ?????(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Sheu lies wae the devil. on page 12

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Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - Five Signs, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Sheu his wan devil's mark. on page 16

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Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
the kirkyard at night wae the devil himsel. I'd selt me bairn's s on page 21

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Garson, Sheila Gallows Ha - Annie, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
in cahoots wae the devil, on page 30

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Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
n accused o consortan wae the devil, some based on fact, some mee on page 34

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Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Me kilt scratched like the devil and me feet swalled up like d on page 3
Until some devil taks him and he's in the soup on page 14

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Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Sheu lies wae the devil. on page 75

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Lamb, Gregor Lamb’s Tales, (The Orkney Dictionary 2005) Orkney, prose
‘Whit the devil are you doing here, peedie la
1 matches

Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
on SF percentage! Mark of the Devil . I toul ye! #GE16(2016) search twitter