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The word 'drums'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
drumsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.33320
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 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 22.2 5 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 23 9 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 3
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
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) 102.5 2 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of drums in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Soondscapes, (Shetland For Wirds 2015) Shetland, poetry
endless drums fornenst a frenzied window.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
skirl o e pipes, e bangin o e drums an e swing o e kilts att gars
1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
tae Hattare. "Awaa an bid the drums yoke tee." An Hattare gaed sp on page 97
cwid gie him ony answer, the drums begoud. on page 100

2 matches

@sovereigndaisy tweeted
blocked him yonks ago. Empty drums make the maist noise, ken?!(2019)

@72redz1903 tweeted
is it One God Universe wi the drums? Epitome o a cult hero, here (2020) twitter link
is it One God Universe wi the drums? Epitome o a cult hero, here (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
E! It's time ye wis bylin the drums, I cuid fair MURDER a drappie on page 26

7 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
Scotch Hogmanay, wi pypes an drums an lichchtliein jauss bauns.
1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Boswell’s Coort, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
juist cheese pieces an drums o tea.
1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
p tae go and answer it ma ear drums are rattled again wae that sa
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Wi lungs like drums, placed in a plastic cot on page 76

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e windaes; flutes an military drums. It rolls tae a stoap, the tr
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Twinty tae, ye say?’ he drums his biro oan the clipboard.
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ntin like deils on tottie wee drums. 'Augustus Gowp!' they chanti on page 89
n the loabby cam the dirlin o drums. Then the singin sterted. on page 132
awready skelpin their tottie drums and stertin tae boonce up and on page 155

3 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
The drums beat as the hale toon - the on page 46

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
e. Cud've bin the trumpet. Or drums.(2020)

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ir gittin Reeky ae set o the drums.” Reeky
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
the swirl o the kilts an the drums, on page 77

1 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
the drums duntit, tubs thumpit - on page 30

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
'Drums in the Walligate, pipes in th on page 42

1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
heids whin they hear the owl drums rattle; on page 44

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Tha drums they battered rowdy on page 33
Hae drums, an flutes an sashes, on page 36

2 matches

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
th bans. Lately the Pipes an' Drums o' Campbell College hae on page 48

1 matches

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