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seasons Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.2 10.3 12.1 49.7 11.6 31 4.4
Number of occurrences3920 8 5 2 3 1
Number of authors24 10 4 4 2 3 1

Occurrences of seasons in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
lang whalpit intae seasons makkin room on page 38
fower seasons-daily weathered on page 72

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
fermers' age-auld cycle o the seasons - the plouin, sawin, teapin on page 57
same auld timeless run o the seasons; but nou driven by a duty an on page 72

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
ots (2007), Wirds an' Wark 'e Seasons Roon on an Aberdeenshire Farm on page 5

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Herd's profession, defined bi seasons; on page 16
played professional fir eicht seasons - on page 82

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
rkit the comin an gauin o the seasons, the hecht an dwyne o the Moo
n awa fae the sun gies us oor seasons an made the Yird jist richt f
kle like the Yird giein Mairs seasons like oors. But whauras the Yi
sae this is whit wey it haes seasons.
n aince an swings atween lang seasons o jeelt ice an ice lowsings.
5 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
rd’s profession, defined bi seasons;
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
The seasons broke auld Nature's laws,
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
we’re treated tae the four seasons aw in yin day in Scotland. An
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
e. Expand and contract by the seasons. PVC, check the seals.(2020) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
in anythin in Edinburgh 2015? Seasons greetins tae you fae oot here(2014) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
er the last week - starts of seasons cood yet b delayed - fingers (2020) twitter link
there own gain over nearly 3 seasons in amateur football - on (2020) twitter link
amateur football for almost 3 seasons - a rest ma case lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
hid come te pass - scenes an seasons aa steered thegither, tellin on page 92

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
hythm o life kept time wi the seasons. on page 3

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
im it the fitba. Wi'v baith a Seasons fir Pittodrie - he nivver mi on page 13
gaun te bi haudin oan tull is Seasons firivwver. An, onywye, it's h on page 16
r an the beauty o the chyngin seasons. on page 17

4 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
In ae day we hiv aboot seasons fower.
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
Ony body watching Arrow 8 seasons jist starting the journey her(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
a planet's elliptiecal orbit, seasons an a almanac, Noo thir cruisi on page 126

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Wur trapped atween two seasons on page 67
the waethur that decides this seasons style on page 97

2 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
comforting an warm, the seasons on page 123

1 matches

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
voar/vore) or iny o the ither seasons and the connection cin be as

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
seasons stretchan oot. on page 18

1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
on da air daday. Feels lik da seasons r turnin. Da bulbs pokin up f(2016) search twitter

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
Seasons on page 140

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 59 - Five Poems frae the Chinese o Po Chu-I, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
The fower seasons lamp on athout devaul
1 matches

@officialAliRed tweeted
@StephenTweeted First two seasons are pretty guid; third is alr(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
As nature turns it's seasons roon, on page 27

1 matches

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