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The word 'dances'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dancesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus144523
ORK - Orkney 69.6 7 3
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 2
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 99.8 8 2
SWE - South West (Galloway) 111.2 8 3
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 94.2 3 2
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of dances in Corpus

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Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gallows Ha - Annie, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Sheu sings and dances tae the sea. on page 30

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Darling's laaghan. This dances is stootly ither as whit she on page 81
er thir staetion's spin. Thir dances, preens tae string the yearle on page 126

2 matches

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
or the CIA, the stick dances aboot his heed... on page 5

4 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Toogs startit takkin me ta da dances wi dem. I felt dat grown up, on page 19
e oot wi da idder boys tae da dances an dat, shü wis layin intae on page 37

4 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
at amongst the weemin fowk at dances in Aiberdeen. Douglas teen ta
1 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
y mair - the way that laddie dances wid gee me a hernia lol (2021) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
tae yir partner, ma favourite dances are the tango an the Lindy Ho on page 22

1 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
s and how they hypnotised the dances...and then I saw the musician
e world! Playing in ceilidhs, dances, weddings, streets even. We s
2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
is hou oor sangs an stories, dances an instrumental music live on on page 75

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
nnt for the waddins an dennir-dances that took place there. on page 57

1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
: juist a curn sangs, a wheen dances an a haundfu o instrumental w
1 matches

General Central

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
buik were sung in Glendale at dances an waddins, at wark or by the on page 62

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
et oor freends or gae tae the dances in the village haas at Saltou
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
on Daurk Dungeons, Daein Daft Dances”.(2020)

@raiphsays tweeted
@BrianBengal Yasssss! *aw dances aboot*(2020)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
village hall, those week-end dances on page 14

1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Deanburnhaugh Boolin Club Dances an sic lik. Tom Scott o Mulsi
mynd on ‘um dancing it the dances i the Forman Memorial Hall Ro
wur dances held i the schuil i the wunte
It wis it ane o thaim dances whaur A, masel, laist danced
tell uz aboot the Boolin Club dances shei gaed til thar, whan
7 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
e said, 'an then thir wir the dances! on page 29

2 matches

Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Johnny Maxwell Dances on page 60
Johnny Maxwell dances, on page 61

5 matches

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Dances mangst the last waves o the d on page 198

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
oot as a female and went tae dances in the Quay Road Hall in Bell on page 44

2 matches

Cartmill, Claire Three score years an ten, (Ballymoney and Moyle Times 2014) Ulster, newspaper
I seldom go tae dances noo..... I’m getting far oâ
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
It dances ain tha lough on page 40

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
e had stairtit tae go tae the dances in the Plaza that she unnerst on page 21
fter a square or twa oul-time dances? on page 60

2 matches

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