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rhyme Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words21 21.8 19.2 19.9 5.8 10.9 35.4
Number of occurrences6541 12 2 1 1 8
Number of authors37 25 4 2 1 1 5

Occurrences of rhyme in Corpus

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Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
tit tae lauch. 'It didna even rhyme ya gowk.' on page 57

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
i'll huv guessed fer yin last rhyme. on page 54

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
s trade, And aye could turn a rhyme: on page 5

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
rns seen the funny side o the rhyme and sterted lauchin. Miss Hon on page 71
use yer first name tae mak it rhyme and that's how ah dinnae want on page 72

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ettisoned the innocent, bairn-rhyme tone o the original. on page 5

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ah promise no tae uise that rhyme again! on page 139

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
his first star. 'Good use of rhyme,' ah add, alongside the secon on page 23

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
nd it should hae somethin tae rhyme wi it.' But he couldna think on page 86
had a rhyme tae it. But syne he thocht th on page 87
(Tae rhyme wi 'ken') on page 155

7 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
wee dram can dae? It maks ye rhyme - an talk sense tae! on page 41

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 58 - Gairm review, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ander Gray) hain the meter an rhyme o the German; an in the Foghr on page 126

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
for aa that. Maisters o bairn-rhyme, lik J. K. Annand, William So on page 122

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
up, for me, is the ubiquitous rhyme, "Round and round the garden on page 56

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
imonie til the poetic pouer o rhyme, i the mids o braw descriptiv on page 7

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
rdie seems tae favour rhythm, rhyme an particlar styles, the like
1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 70 - Hame-combin, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
at tho there's reason – and rhyme! –
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
likes o this fremmit nursery rhyme:
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
It widnae scan, it widnae rhyme,
A wee thing dodgy in the rhyme
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
nt o the pick lik the auntrin rhyme fae the makar's styme of yove
1 matches

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
is commemoratit in this auld rhyme:
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
ts. While aw thae poems is in rhyme, only juist the 3 yaises the
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Any rhyme for Grappa has nae place in t
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Dis that rhyme,
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
. She recitit a Chinese bairn rhyme: “Firefly, fire-fly, Come f
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
@hibee_mad Nae rhyme or reason tae him.. (2022) twitter link

@IshbelMcF tweeted
is clearly just there for the rhyme equals ?? https://t.co/ytvOC0(2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
Gawston wis only yaised in a rhyme when the lassie wis dressed u(2020) search twitter
Is this wee rhyme stull in circulation? “Tell (2020) search twitter
A sully bairn rhyme fae Gawston in the 1950s. The(2020) search twitter
ls has bonnie green hulls tae rhyme wi.(2020) search twitter

@johnstone_shane tweeted
Henbell Gaun yirsel. Erra wee rhyme fir ye (2020) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
n event! Post yer Scots sang, rhyme, joke or riddle oan yer socia (2020) twitter link
an Hallaeen, giese yer #Scots rhyme, sang or joke on social media (2020) twitter link
en...' complete the weel-kent rhyme! #Scots #ScotsEdu https://t.c (2018) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ime Writin poetry withoot ony rhyme Bit some words are nae sma on page 15

6 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
An aefaal rhyme at sair't tae time The hitin on page 7

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - A Wird i Yer Lug, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
the wye o sayin’t: oys tae rhyme wi boys. It wis e same makar,
rses at wean’s nae said tae rhyme wi main (lick farrer sooth an
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
“My granny kens a rhyme aboot forkietails,” quo Kev
Sae Kevin telt her the rhyme, an this is foo it gaed...
arrant yer granny disna ken a rhyme aboot a minnie-minnie-mony-fe
3 matches

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
hooglie, radio-active nursery rhyme; on page 9

1 matches

West, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Efternoons o stories and rhyme. on page 35

1 matches

Shetland

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
published when de poems dunna rhyme ??(2019) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
read him before. Like the eye-rhyme are/snare, no enough o thon a(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
h that shae hut the Dorrmoose rhyme on fur a while wi'oot interru on page 74

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
owk mak it luk nae bother Tae rhyme yin wurdie wi anither A doot on page 31

1 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Dae ye see this wee rhyme haes a moral on page 20
Sae tae finish this rhyme wae a flourish, on page 36
Fur onie rhyme nor raison. on page 55

3 matches

Cartmill, Claire Three score years an ten, (Ballymoney and Moyle Times 2014) Ulster, newspaper
mae bletherins here is a wee rhyme frae tha Bard o Ballyabanagh
1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
xteen in daicent #UlsterScots rhyme! (2016) twitter link
The Gellick's #UlsterScots rhyme tae #RobertBurnsDay ... http: (2015) twitter link

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