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gloom Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10 7.4 6.4 29.8 0 0 44.2
Number of occurrences3114 4 3 0 0 10
Number of authors22 13 3 2 4

Occurrences of gloom in Corpus

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Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Fir doom an gloom, an stories drear, on page 48

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
That ken the gloom o legends but we'll mak bette on page 19

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
Poe said, peerin aboot in the gloom. on page 23

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
chirpin tae a bleary bit o gloom
1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
y contrasts wi the gaithering gloom in the street ootside an, tae
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Nocht can A mak oot in the gloom
1 matches

Mc Rae, Thomas The Neep Lantern, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
an’ up ben the back. In the gloom we cuid see sumbuddy movin’
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
it.’ a voice comes fae the gloom. ‘Come in an shut the door
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
There’s a gloom tae the place, lit as it is w
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
precious — a goblin in the gloom. Ither times, she’d sit cro
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
wis oot canvassin, the dowie gloom at the referendum pairty I wi
1 matches

Smith, George Electrical Love, (Thi-Wurd 2013) Central, prose
rs ae lager oan the table’s gloom.
1 matches

McMillan, Hugh The Return of the Brownie of Blednoch, (no publisher recorded 2022) Central, poetry
n lang throu the glaur an the gloom,
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
the world wae awe the doom n gloom gadgies oan here lol - b oan (2021) twitter link

Doric

Stewart, Del Tales Fae The Doric Side - Haudagain, 8:12 am, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
shielded fae the mornin gloom on page 86

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
pite her prediction o doom an gloom, they finally arrived safely on page 38

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
rned and walked awa intae the gloom. Jessie by this time wiz near
hen walked awa back intae the gloom and seemed tae vanish.
2 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
kent hid lurked there in the gloom. on page 16
hack and I peered through the gloom. on page 72

2 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Streaman news compounds the gloom - on page 93

1 matches

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Forebodin', filled wae gloom, on page 45

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Wunters gloom illums tha stairs on page 28
Darkest gloom ait loops aroon, on page 36
Dispels tha gloom on page 40
Tha moon ait rose wi erie gloom on page 47

5 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
A licht tae brak the gloom. on page 26
It's nae aa doom an gloom, on page 41
In chasin aff the Wunter gloom an stairtin in the grun, on page 46

3 matches

@fairfaaye tweeted
means ‘glow’ rather than ‘gloom’. #ulsterscots https://t.co/(2020) search twitter

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