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Use in varieties of Scots

spine Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 10.1 4.8 0 0 10.9 4.4
Number of occurrences2419 3 0 0 1 1
Number of authors18 13 3 1 1

Occurrences of spine 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
tae haun an bane an spine on page 77

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
wid send shivers up yir spine, on page 98
rs nae shivers up an doon meh spine, on page 99

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ver o excitement runs doon ma spine. on page 6

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
a shiver o excitement down ma spine. Nae wonder people call it th on page 36
t over two months. Damaged my spine and had to lie flat on ma bac on page 88

2 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
an yer spine began tae tingle on page 39

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Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
gied him a wee shiver up his spine. At the back-en it meant wint on page 17

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Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
wi ae haun kinlin on her spine,
1 matches

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
n thit sends shivers doon yir spine fan you see it. Well for ma s
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
but feel a shiver run doon ma spine. There’s a golden tabernacl
Fear runs doon ma spine. Ah beg Mammy no tae let me d
2 matches

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
l, A should tak’ him in the spine. A breathed in, cocked the gu
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
y dirlt up an doon a body’s spine.
1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
its icy claws roon Hazels’ spine and froze her fae the inside
1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
k and a shiver ran up Jim’s spine as a sense ae dread wis oozin
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
un. Weel thoumed, wi a broken spine an twa or three loose pages,
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
comments sent shivers doon My spine??. Pal, yer already a Legend!(2020) search twitter

@rattlecans tweeted
rl Pants on and grow a fuckin spine (2022) twitter link

Doric

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
It sent a shiver doon thi spine - on page 19

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
umpled bi a bull didna dae ma spine ony gweed, an Ah hirple aboot on page 12

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
Anither shiver ran doon ma spine.
1 matches

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
ing sae creepy!! Shiver up ma spine!(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ildlik fear skipped alang hir spine, a fear that she had lang syn on page 1

1 matches

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