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Use in varieties of Scots

mortar Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.9 3.7 1.6 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences97 1 0 1 0 0
Number of authors9 7 1 1

Occurrences of mortar in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
than mortar, memory, burnt an burns on page 77

1 matches

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
His een provided the mortar. on page 203

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Wi mortar made o howp that micht or mai on page 17

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
he fifties are the bricks and mortar o the hooses. The four-in-abl on page 80

1 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Stanes tyne their mortar, but naebody bathers wi ony r on page 43

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ails diggin intae the pointed mortar gap at the tap ay the brick,
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Guid Fences Mak Guid Neibours, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Sae fordel up boolders, mortar an aw,
1 matches

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
an hame exists in mortar an bricks, on page 34

1 matches

Shetland

Williamson, Christie Böd, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, poetry
o aabody’s faat, an da mortar
1 matches

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