needle | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
---|---|---|---|
Total Corpus | 13.4 | 43 | 28 |
ORK - Orkney | 79.5 | 8 | 5 |
SHD - Shetland | |||
TON - Tonge | |||
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | |||
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
MNA - Mid Northern A | 19.6 | 6 | 4 |
MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
SNO - South Northern | 162.8 | 1 | 1 |
ABN - Aberdeen | |||
DOR - General Northern | 4.4 | 1 | 1 |
NEC - North East Central | |||
SEC - (South) East Central | 15.3 | 6 | 5 |
WCE - West Central | 4.6 | 1 | 1 |
DUN - Dundee | |||
EDN - Edinburgh | 18.8 | 3 | 2 |
GLA - Glasgow | 43.4 | 8 | 3 |
AYR - Ayrshire | 13.1 | 1 | 1 |
LAL - General Central | 4 | 3 | 3 |
SEA - South East (Borders) | |||
SWE - South West (Galloway) | 41.7 | 3 | 2 |
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) | 32.8 | 1 | 1 |
GUL - General Ulster | |||
SYN - Synthetic (no region) | 18.2 | 1 | 1 |
Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Noo, pit that knitteen needle by. on page 5
The needle cheust spins roond the face. on page 18
2 matches
Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
ower caller fer her tae be a needle or a hammer. "Whar'd ye bide, on page 65
k on langship freighters, the needle o haem. Twinty-fower year: tw on page 122
2 matches
Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
magpie rattle, needle claas on page 10
1 matches
Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
idden chair-frame wi a silver needle, on page 18
1 matches
Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
fer her tae be a needle or
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
. The actress wis gleg wi the needle, it wis sma wirk tae cut doon
1 matches
Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
nties werena only good wi the needle ‘n’ threed, they’d been
1 matches
Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
most fitted but an hour o the needle and she'd hiv them perfect. S
1 matches
Harper, Edith Legacy, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2021) Doric, poetry
A her days she shived the needle in an oot,
Ma fingers shive the needle through the claith,
2 matches
Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
would be easy. A wee doll. A needle. She could blund him. End his on page 1
1 matches
Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ase stations tae search fur a needle in a haystack until ma name i on page 122
1 matches
McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
Or stick a needle in their seat, ye’ll get th
1 matches
Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
et wi his bit o claith an his needle an threid, but the fient a pa
s, an forby, he haed tint his needle an his hauns wis aa fankled u
2 matches
Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
While he prepares his special needle.
n mortality tae even feel the needle plungin intae ma airm. It the
2 matches
McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
ed this,' the cunt hawns me a needle. "Ye use the needle tae pick on page 1
e these bastards. Ah take the needle aff mah da an pick aff the we on page 2
6 matches
Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e said, puttin a big puck aff needle intae ma mooth.
1 matches
@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
@DrMDempster Did ye really needle tae dae that? Sew silly. ??(2019)
@Chazzbat tweeted
fabric, no yank it while the needle's still in it! *tuts* #TheBol(2020)
@StuartPoet tweeted
to hear it pal, Co'en and the Needle's Ee and the Piper's Cave wil(2020)