Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'customs'

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Use in varieties of Scots

customs	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	4.7	15	15
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland	5.8	1	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	6.5	2	2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	5.1	2	2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	6.3	1	1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	9.4	7	7
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)	13.9	1	1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of customs in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
r-park, thir conversations an customs, on page 14

1 matches

Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
s charming to bring these old customs out of the mothballs for spec on page 35

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
The customs at Briggies fair opent their on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
re, speired a lot aboot Hindu customs an even mair aboot the wee ya
1 matches

(South) East Central

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
their community’s history, customs and traditions, memory, uniqu
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Noo auld beliefs an customs wither.
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
he didna ken eneuch aboot the customs o thir fowk, or hae eneuch de
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
or tak pairt in tred. Aw the customs o Man bode ill. And, abuin aw on page 6

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Auld customs dee whan bairns forget, on page 51

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ae saison o the year, but the customs and beliefs that gien their l on page 62

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
s ingait tae nories o ancient customs an sattlement pattrens. We le on page 110

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
pleased. ‘I see ye ken oor customs . Ma name is Snorl.’
1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
wis unner surveillance by the customs men. He defended himsel wi a

@LairnScots tweeted
h traditional Scottish waddin customs an listen tae oor waddin wird (2018) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
d, Sands an steeple, granary, customs, windmill, caul, on page 77

1 matches