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Use in varieties of Scots

shadows Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.4 5.3 12.8 49.7 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2310 8 5 0 0 0
Number of authors16 8 5 3

Occurrences of shadows in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
na sits by the window, wi the shadows growin lang, on page 20

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
eenit or twa, I could mak oot shadows an ither things, so it wisna on page 21

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Let me lift the shadows and take his hand. on page 73

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
the darklin shadows brocht a sombre mood.
1 matches

Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
n off her collarbones, an the shadows it created made the daurk, sa
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tae see him, emergin fae the shadows, cuppin a doo in his haun. â€
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
the land of Mordor, where the shadows lie.
the land of Mordor, where the shadows lie.
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
oabby, a figure stauns in the shadows, the grey bristles ay his fac
1 matches

Pennie, Len The year A shouldnae hae had, (tictok 2022) Central - Kilmarnock, poetry
As days were giy dark an the shadows were aw A could see
1 matches

Doric

Lawrie, Alastair Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Win, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Thae shuffelt shadows mak it seem on page 90

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
in the shadows on page 8
ayont the shadows on page 28
still, tae Joan they were shadows on page 32
cht differ, it wad seem their shadows are still on page 34

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
later in the evenin, when the shadows were streetchin langer on the
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
Why should the shadows come?
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
of dark stone and even darker shadows caused by the reluctant dayli
1 matches

Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gallows Ha - A Spell o Good Wather, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
tae add shadows tae the land. on page 31

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ered off t'waard The roadside shadows, on page 6

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Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
whar wur eternally needy shadows hung oot. on page 12

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Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Tae add shadows tae the land on page 157

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
long shadows ahint on the grund on page 17

1 matches

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