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skail Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.5 17 15.1 9.9 0 10.3 35.4
Number of occurrences5333 10 1 0 1 8
Number of authors27 19 2 1 1 4

Occurrences of skail in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
t his mug, fou as it wis, tae skail it in the sink, and it wis ca on page 9

1 matches

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
The years skail oot on page 44

1 matches

Cameron, Peter Lallans 82 - Nevermas, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
to skail on the Lowdie strand. on page 25

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 58 - The Rooks, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Skail and skirl and rally roun! on page 112

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
ir a richt guid lesson, no ti skail ma siller. Ochone! ti think A on page 48

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
gie the worshippers time tae skail frae the service an airt thei on page 28

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
But in thi skail, eh hid meh ane desk, on page 13
eh kent um fae meh skail on page 30
ot it, turn thi yale an go ti skail on page 36
like a wee lassie fae thi skail, on page 45
it wiz back ti skail whar meh thoughts on page 53
Also on pages 67, 120
7 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
tae say. 'It's j..j..jist the Skail Polis.' on page 14
A minute later, the Skail polisnut wis awa an the licht on page 16

4 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
te. (R.P. accent) Assimilate. Skail awa aw the myndins an soonds on page 4

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
re. Nir wuid he allou onie ti skail frae the taivern ontil he hed on page 5

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
for thaim that plaister, skail and footer on page 21
the assassins skail throu the toun on page 44
skail the people, burn the toun on page 47

3 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Set skail an fluid at nocht, spurred up on page 24

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
tho, I'm shair that bairns in skail wad love tae hear this gleg s on page 54

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
A hunner deid we saa, fan skail't on page 50

1 matches

Stephenson, Michael Northwords Now 43 - Tao Te Ching 9, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Central - Bathgate, poetry
ye keep fllin yer bowl, it'll skail; on page 4

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
skail stane-gress, see, for its swe on page 21

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ty an/or offeicial backin tae skail aa ither formats. In the 40-o on page 56

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Paternal genome drap-oot forders altruism in stieve populations, (Wiley Online Library 2022) Central, prose
m is invariant wi respeck tae skail - a stamagasterin ootcome th
genome kythin. 2) Unner PGD, skail maks mair muckle the potentia
2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
thai maun skail the verra nicht, sen he cuidn
1 matches

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
g track or the pitch and toss skail. In Lochgelly there’s a whe
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ey tane his watch an made him skail oot his pooches. They only go
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
– a lassie near at haun tae skail his spunk in; an, in a year o
1 matches

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cy test aat Inchgarth Primary skail in Garthdee. https://t.co/9JY(2017) search twitter
can contribute tae a GrayÂ’s skail i' Art student fur her Degree(2017) search twitter
her fa is student aat GrayÂ’s skail i' Art Aiberdeen - sometimes(2017) search twitter
ng widden pallets tae GrayÂ’s Skail i' Art students fur their gra(2017) search twitter
and 4 other occurrences.

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
es, green aircs fer the grand skail on page 18

1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
The desert trees skail thair lest green leafs.
1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Wi wrak an willicks skail'd aboot. on page 2
A Ait tae Bilfawst cudnae skail, on page 28

2 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
¯s michtie airm ïs, that can skail thaim that's fu o thairsels. on page 70

1 matches

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
(ii) skail mendit scrows o tha Ulstèr-S on page 44
(d) Skail tha fynnins o screengin, takk on page 55
owergang an skail reglar newance anent implymen on page 57
5.9 Männystries wull skail implymentin ploys an owergang on page 58

4 matches

Warwick, Matthew Tha Feardie Geng hae tae bide at hame, (Sensory Attachment Centre 2020) Ulster - Ballymena, weans
p a big bowl o watter an then skail pepper ower tha watter.
1 matches

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