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flood Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 8.5 6.4 29.8 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2416 4 3 0 0 1
Number of authors16 9 4 2 1

Occurrences of flood in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Repercussions start tae flood ma mind as the adrenaline fad on page 29

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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
door tae tell thum aboot the flood ae vomit awaiting thum jist o on page 3

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
or dis he get droondit in the flood, on page 106

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
ad saved Wee Grumphie fae the flood, and awbody had been that adm on page 132

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Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ew acres o guid fertile grun. Flood banks had been biggit, but ev on page 17

5 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - A Braw Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
hingin oan agin thi flood, on page 59

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
tae watch in awe the fiery flood,
nor yet the dreich September flood
nor are we punished with a flood
an like as no the flood wid fa
4 matches

Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ed and hazy as the tear ducts flood his eyes, causing a cruel kal
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
@CrusePat Cheers... it was a flood from above... waiting for Mic(2020) search twitter

Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
Noah gaed intill e airk an e flood cam an did awa wi them aa. E on page 109

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
re. I wad wauk throwe fire an flood afore I'd see a hair o yer he
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
because o the floods, and the flood’s werna oor fault.’
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@sovereigndaisy tweeted
ilson @Runrig1973 Year of the Flood for me Quine ??(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
through the flood-lit steam fae the human on page 3

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Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
the first island efter The Flood. on page 25

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
m o brine. A heron awaits the flood. The tide returns swiftly, an
1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ndations ava, an whaniver tha flood hut ït, tha hale hoose brauk on page 80

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