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Use in varieties of Scots

rags Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.4 5.1 3 9.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences1410 2 1 1 0 0
Number of authors12 8 2 1 1

Occurrences of rags in Corpus

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Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
, an' then she'd pit it up in rags every Setterday nicht so's it on page 27

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ho he wis initially peltit wi rags fae the polis claes that had on page 127

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ked. "Took at her claes! Jist rags! on page 80

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
tel tint her o her clart, her rags, on page 5

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
it it Lang Meg. "Noo git thai rags aff mah lie." on page 66

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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
the saicont lyne an daunce ti rags an bougies i the democratie o
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Boys-fur-rags
na track doon masel. Boys-fur-rags A tuik tae mean rag and bone
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@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
olaSturgeon It's the Unionist Rags that hae pit us in tae this m(2016) search twitter

Doric

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ae tak a cairt load o bales o rags tae the train at Mintlaw. The
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
3981 It's a moth WI it's glad rags on. ??(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Bit you gaan roond in smelly rags is cheust a bit too much. on page 46

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Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
e kye rubban its necks on the rags. on page 20

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