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rains Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 5.7 16.6 19.9 11.6 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2711 11 2 2 0 1
Number of authors12 8 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of rains in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
atween rains, on page 66

1 matches

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
the rains are throu an duin, on page 4

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
nd as soon as ah jump oot the rains starts hammerin doon. This pu on page 182

1 matches

Robertson, James Melt (Yin), (Kettillonia 2001) Central, poetry
Jaws muckle buckets fou o icy rains
1 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
p,” ah said. “Cept fin it rains, or… or sometimes fin it gi
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
thern hills telt him that the rains were aboot tae arrive and wi
e aboot tae arrive and wi the rains the herds o wildebeest and ze
st remnant frae last year’s rains, displacing a pair o side-str
en they are nae due until the rains, must hae been a maverick). O
4 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
mic humming wis masked by the rains continuous drip, drip, drip
1 matches

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
er own storm then cry when it rains.... ?? ?? ??(2019) search twitter

Doric

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Rains a'a day, weet in cranny an ne
Rains aa day cood mak abody greet.
Aye an it rains the hale bloomin day ana.
Dull an driech, an it rains as weel,
Rains in the efterneen turns affa r
8 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
En come nicht it rains eence mair.
Rains fae mornin throo tae nicht,
Then it rains in the heavy range,
3 matches

Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gallows Ha - A Spell o Good Wather, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Then wait and see if it rains at night, on page 31

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Then wait and see if it rains at night on page 157

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
o Rain rains (laek Turkish yağmur yağiyo on page 85

2 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
By tha teemin Ulster rains. on page 23

1 matches

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