rocks | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 26.2 | 28.3 | 16.6 | 59.6 | 34.9 | 20.7 | 17.7 | |
Number of occurrences | 84 | 55 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | |
Number of authors | 45 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
roon glisteran rocks on page 129
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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
'Shame about your rocks,' he spits right in ma chops. on page 1
1 matches
Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Nae mair pockets fu o rocks on page 42
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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
he weather's fly! The weather rocks! The weather's real, the Covi on page 77
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Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
An aa the glisterin rocks on page 58
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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Shakes the loose rocks with steep descent. He falls on page 3
1 matches
Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
that hit thi rocks on page 90
t yi that eis jist wantin eis rocks aff on page 101
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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Rocks fae their rude altars, scorch on page 40
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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
n tae pick up an then hit the rocks intae the sky wi muckle bats. on page 18
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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
. The bag'll get stuck on the rocks an be sittin there fer days j on page 45
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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
pulled it doon. Wi yin o the rocks Olaf had left in a pile in th on page 116
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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ted fur just the right twigs, rocks and grass tae turn it intae a on page 39
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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
Rocks lichtlins noo in the Dundee h on page 60
the rocks aa melled, the seas gane dry on page 77
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Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
whaur the watter rocks the flooer on page 9
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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
e, liftin up trees and muckle rocks tae see if the beast wis hidi on page 7
crack Hercules's heid on the rocks. Hercules didna want tae dee on page 56
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Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2017 ISBN: 978-1785300592) Central - Glasgow, weans
"Doon by they rocks, on page 4
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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
e the Romans, jumpin ower the rocks tae their deith at the Mull o on page 17
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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
and the rocks were ribbed with ice; on page 91
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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ng licht leain jist the heavy rocks tae gang-roond the new Sun. I
The sindry rocks that noo traivelt aboot the s
ang ages gaed by the nummer o rocks grew less. It is jaloused tha
we'r no oor lane. Thae ither rocks fae the early days gied birth
mony an sindry sair dunts fae rocks an ither bodies fleein aboot,
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Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
in. An ower there! They white rocks. They’re movin, ah tell ye.
1 matches
Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
ugh it was, hammerin agin the rocks: ruthless and dark and threat
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
it wid be killt on the jaggy rocks ablow. But Daedalus wisna thi
1 matches
Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ged tae find earthworms under rocks or logs, but the earth wis pa
1 matches
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
or tae trap rattons amang the rocks. But in the en they gied that
fae cover tae cover amang the rocks, avoidin saft grun. Hsien stu
in up bits o debris amang the rocks an scroggy busses. Bill led h
go, birsin atween the Clashin Rocks.
ched as the last o the muckle rocks wis levered awa by muscular A
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Eunson, Catherine This Winter, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
ps o birsilt heather, and the rocks,
the rocks, at least they’re yeesed ta
2 matches
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l as heavy goin stumblin ower rocks an stanes. Davie kept goin ti
Facebook link ( 2021) Central
tae clamber across it tae the rocks.
planks an be cairried tae the rocks. Ahint us mair than 200 droon
bide free an sclimmed up the rocks tae howf awa frae that awfy p
Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
the rocks an ropes o waar aa gralloched on page 10
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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
the sheer rocks o the West Coast. on page 16
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Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
glimmer o fite faem near the rocks, as tho a wee wave hid new br on page 118
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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
wis a ninety fit drap on tae rocks an intae the
on the rocks, watchin the boat glide bye.
2 matches
Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Rocks, caves, lochs, muirlan dens a
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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
s wey doon, gang ower craggie rocks an flet skitie stanes, whiles
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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
even the rocks, it seems, maun thrive.
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@JoanHenry7 tweeted
nd decided to have it 'on the rocks. How I'm still alive, I've na (2023) twitter link
@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
he day. Seen lichen on muckle rocks an boulders on raised beach a (2021) twitter link
Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
sweeman below the rocks, on page 123
A Double Shag on the Rocks on page 136
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Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
ower the slidy ebb steens an rocks, an than ower the muckle kung
ae atween the crevices o' the rocks. Mabbie he inherited the will
doon there fishin aff o' the rocks some night sune.
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Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
storm at drave da ship ipo da rocks drave up graet mountains a wa on page 56
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Manson, Finnley Wir Beach, (Scots Hoose 2017) Shetland, weans
Aa da rocks is slippery
Da waves smashin da rocks
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Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
izens o muckle, black, coorse rocks an skerries on da wye oot oâ€
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Isbister, Sonny Caves aroond Shetland, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
While dey were climmin in da rocks, dey fun a cave. It wis a bri
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@StuartPoet tweeted
n: The dram that's aye on the rocks"(2020) search twitter
Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
is gone, it's finally ain the rocks, on page 11
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