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Use in varieties of Scots

thirteen Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.7 13.9 10.6 0 23.2 0 26.6
Number of occurrences4427 7 0 4 0 6
Number of authors30 19 5 1 5

Occurrences of thirteen in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
rs, Lorina and Edith, who wir thirteen an eight. As ye kin tell fae on page v
are twelve, an four sixes are thirteen, an four sevens are-ach! Ah'l on page 19

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Cook, hur name is. A wis only thirteen n she wis sixteen, wee bit ch on page 6

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
twal, an. fower times sax is thirteen, an fower times seiven is-oh on page 18

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
wee while. I wis gled. I wis thirteen then. Ye dinnae waant yer fai on page 1

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
in ma pin, and ma balance ae thirteen quid and eighty pence sent ma on page 25
iderin this wis an overweight thirteen year auld who still believed on page 189

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
n an order fer echt insteid o thirteen; anither new destroyer, the T on page 120

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
a job, she said, But that wis thirteen year ago an it's aw changed. on page 52
Chapter Thirteen on page 75
y six-foot tall noo an a size thirteen in a shoe. Check that wan owe on page 169

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
Discussion o the Thirteen Principles on page 3
Discussion o the Thirteen Principles on page 7

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
'Thirteen.' on page 47
n, least o aw a philosophical thirteen-year-old wi a ratty moustache on page 54

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
shop how much they'd need for thirteen fowk - the ten fowk Coont Ol on page 42
Chaipter Thirteen on page 145

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
Thirteen, fowerteen, on page 35

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Raisin twal or thirteen weans wi bairn-bed aye fou. on page 66

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Jamie, Kathleen Eemis Stane 1 - Whimbrel, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
whimbrel! twalve or thirteen, on page 5

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Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
or by Burns himsel in 1787 - thirteen year efter Fergusson had díe on page 46

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Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ut ane born intae a faimily o thirteen bairns. Her twin wis deid at
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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
‘Astrostravaig Thirteen Fowerteen: Planet Fankle.’
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Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
t a growth spurt oan aroon’ thirteen, an’ ah didnae trust they H
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
they were - Beatrice guessed thirteen or fourteen.
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Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
rds, Murphy missed nine oot o thirteen sairious votes in 2011 alane.
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Briggs, Susi Atween the lines o Muirland Meg, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
r wis sold when she wis ainly thirteen
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Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
ria Picter Hoose. An him only thirteen year aul, puir loon. He wis i on page 35

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ot tae Cairntosh an hiked the thirteen mile ower tae Pitgeldie, far on page 12

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
twelve, an four times six is thirteen, an four times seven is-Oh ma on page 18

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
'Thirteen aathegither, then, coontin th
r thirties, tho tae Minnie at thirteen year auld, aa three o them wa
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Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
the price o’m. I wis nearly thirteen year auld when that breet Hit
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Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
absite that obesity can cause thirteen types o cancer aathegither, s
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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
t Church, an her twa sisters, thirteen year aald Lorina, an Edith, a on page V
s twal, an fower times six is thirteen, an fower times seeven is-oh on page 19

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Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
t wir Peter, what is du, boy? Thirteen year aald, an skipperin a boa
Thirteen, he wis. He wis sailin da wor
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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Sally assessed the thirteen boxes an rubbed hir hans theg on page 57

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Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Thirteen an Echtie-Nine. on page 5

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Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
n wi her twa sisters, Lorina (thirteen years oul),.an Edith (eight y on page v
es ir twalve, an fower sax ir thirteen, an fower seivens 1r-agh dear on page 19

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Gillen, Charles Oot Here Mae Lane, (Words without Borders Magazine 2004) Ulster, prose
At thirteen I wus hir't, it's gyely time
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Drennan, William Yin Tae A Hunner, (Ullans Press 2004) Ulster, poetry
There’s thirteen, fowerteen an fifteen
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