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The word 'danced'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dancedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus17.85935
ORK - Orkney 188.8 19 6
SHD - Shetland 40.7 7 2
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 13.1 10 7
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 55.8 4 3
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast) 1468.4 1 1
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of danced in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Bessie, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
I danced at yir wedding, on page 18

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ssie and Maggie. Josie Gibbon danced on a silent black and white f on page 34

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
wis bangan like a drum bit I danced wi grace and style. on page 3
I danced the 'Sailor's Hornpipe' bit m on page 4
We danced aal night taegither then I bo on page 10
Hid danced on the TV antenna and knocked on page 16
Indeed, a naked funny man danced roond hid, in the rain, on page 37
Also on pages 61, 66, 68, 73
10 matches

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
p hid's pins-an-needles As we danced through the dial. on page 6

2 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Beneath us danced a droondid world - on page 25
whar the goalkeeper danced on page 29

2 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Danced that mad, drunken reel on page 151

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Love danced wae me on page 156

2 matches

Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
n tae da Haa, an da twa o dem danced da hael nicht - nae idder la on page 35

2 matches

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
yockit me for a birl. Whit we danced.
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
We danced, hed maet an tay, den danced
, hed maet an tay, den danced agaen. Whit a spread o maet.
shaak as yit anidder reel wis danced.
is dancing laek dey’d niver danced afore.
4 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Danced roon aboot the cat an bowff't on page 15

1 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
They danced awa fair for a fyle, on page 20

1 matches

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
Wi even danced tae the sma' oors on page 29

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
tae ask you" As the twa o em danced roon the fleer Roch Meg says,
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
s airms roon her back an they danced a wee jig in the middle ae th on page 1

1 matches

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ts spikkers. Luved the wey it danced aff the tongues o fowk ah sae
1 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
d; th' frosted leaves as thay danced against th' battlin win`. Ah
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The Neds aa capered sang an danced, on page 33

1 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
he rhythm flowed. The dancers danced. Ootside the wind howled. The
ed in a rash, means you never danced, but did you at least see the
2 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
ígures for buiks in Scots an danced jigs on thaim, an fínish up
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
d wi a finger o ilka haun, an danced a puckle steps, her unbound b
1 matches

Glasgow

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
those slimy wee things that danced aboot and munched on ma sweet on page 36

1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e schemies though. It’ll be danced oer, cut wae anythin cunts ki
1 matches

Ayrshire

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 74 - MacCaig’s draucht oan the waa, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
His amene scraps o thocht danced in the air:
1 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
An we danced blo silver mune. on page 11

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
Each year up till now I have danced with the ither maids and wee on page 3

2 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
aroond the stadium, hovernuts danced up an doon as the Perjinkian on page 25

1 matches

Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
They danced and sang, and jined every gam on page 37

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
aw. The puir fowk o the toon danced and sang and whistled through on page 48

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
the Minotaur, an every time I danced abuin the Labyrinth, I ettled
But whan I danced that nicht, I cudna help mase
2 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
whyr Auld Donald hisell aften danced, alang wi Black Kate a Parson
1 matches

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
dinks79 @star_welsh Ye mustae danced tae some pure belters in yer (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
dances whaur A, masel, laist danced the lancers
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Yer daurk een danced amang us, an ye lauched, on page 17
An whaur the daffins danced below the trees, on page 27

2 matches

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
heir chagrin. You and yer pal danced wae onybdy that asked. Ye's e on page 76

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
daughters danced n' mairit. on page 53

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
d him; me Da maintains he wus danced aff his feet by the men o the on page 44

1 matches

Eastern Ulster (Belfast)

Atkinson, David Yarns 3 - Tha Giss Got Fat, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Belfast, poetry
an danced aroon tha bonefire,
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Road. There a wheen o lassies danced in a ring, thair crappit hair on page 49

1 matches

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