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Use in varieties of Scots

refrain Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.1 4.1 3 29.8 0 0 0
Number of occurrences138 2 3 0 0 0
Number of authors8 5 2 1

Occurrences of refrain in Corpus

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Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
hae kenned love is oor sweet refrain, on page 91

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Comes the tortured eternal refrain. on page 17
s, tak heed fur aw wur sakes, refrain fae chattin shite. on page 26

2 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Or mibbe even chant the sweet refrain around the room, on page 123

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
ohn, uisin a line at becums a refrain: Ha, ha, ha, ha poor John's a on page 139
wn seingularitie bi means o a refrain: Nane kens the half o what I on page 141

3 matches

Lehane, Matt Mouse Eat Mouse World, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
the nuclear grease monkey's refrain
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
dly fasten your seatbelts and refrain from smoking? Thank you!" on page 41

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
time I've hungir pain, I mist refrain on page 150

1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ot him and sang oot this lood refrain, on page 68
nd knives ring oot their lood refrain As a'body sits and glaips the on page 70
egither and sing oot the same refrain - "Cheust gie the grumpy bug on page 81

3 matches

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