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peaceful Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.6 6.2 7.5 9.9 5.8 0 8.9
Number of occurrences2112 5 1 1 0 2
Number of authors16 10 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of peaceful in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
e oot. The constant wee flow, peaceful as it is, is testament tae th on page 3

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
er but that ah wis lookin too peaceful snorin. That she didnae want on page 82

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
n ower fast, and it wis richt peaceful there on the narra road noo t on page 175

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
calmit doun an things stayit peaceful, tho the atmosphere wis still on page 128

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
y did, it wid look contentit, peaceful even. There's nae wye that th on page 59
as though it jist passed awa peaceful like. Ye ken whit I mean? on page 60

2 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
An whit a saicrifice! A peaceful poet - on page 32

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
hills, or rest thyself where peaceful waters glide; on page 69

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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
’ll never furget it, or hoo peaceful she looked at the end. Ah fee
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Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
wi a radical programme for a peaceful transition tae Socialism. Air
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
midnight. The streets will be peaceful.
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
ickstoppani You tae! Here's a peaceful photo a took and played bout (2017) search twitter

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
still haps it peaceful like at times on page 10

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
pine trees,( it wis so peaceful). Jist wi that Jonsar looked
be so peaceful. The sea wis affa quait an th
affa peaceful. Some stunnin an spectacular
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
ria Park Aiberdeen is nice an peaceful, until ah unleash @lyn_golden(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And the next, sheu's aal peaceful and calm. on page 2

1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
I long for da day when I feel peaceful and energised after a beach w(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
the knowledge gained, no for peaceful ends. on page 37

2 matches

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