| rope | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Corpus | 36.8 | 122 | 41 |
| ORK - Orkney | 99.4 | 10 | 4 |
| SHD - Shetland | 11.6 | 2 | 1 |
| TON - Tonge | |||
| NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | 35.2 | 1 | 1 |
| NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
| MNA - Mid Northern A | 36 | 11 | 2 |
| MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
| SNO - South Northern | |||
| ABN - Aberdeen | 73.4 | 7 | 2 |
| DOR - General Northern | 22.2 | 5 | 3 |
| NEC - North East Central | 137.6 | 3 | 2 |
| SEC - (South) East Central | 18 | 7 | 2 |
| WCE - West Central | 31.1 | 7 | 3 |
| DUN - Dundee | 85 | 8 | 1 |
| EDN - Edinburgh | 6.2 | 1 | 1 |
| GLA - Glasgow | 50.2 | 10 | 7 |
| AYR - Ayrshire | 10.7 | 1 | 1 |
| LAL - General Central | 43.3 | 33 | 9 |
| SEA - South East (Borders) | 12.1 | 1 | 1 |
| SWE - South West (Galloway) | 13.9 | 1 | 1 |
| DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) | |||
| WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) | |||
| CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) | 31.4 | 1 | 1 |
| BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) | 58.1 | 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 | 284.3 | 10 | 2 |
| SYN - Synthetic (no region) |
Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
when the hangman tightens the rope? Will I cry like the bairn th on page 20
1 matches
Johnston, Barbara Gallows Ha - Dance tae the End, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
dance will be at the end o a rope. on page 27
1 matches
Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
rope whin sheus gittan middling gr on page 16
5 matches
Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
lue an orange piles o tangled rope on page 49
dance will be at the end o a rope. on page 153
2 matches
Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ae the kitchen an pull on the rope till it came up. The cook sai
1 matches
Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
the back door and watch as a rope ladder unfurls fae the helico
wye doon and clings ontil the rope as the wind swings him like a
vering directly abeen us. The rope ladder is flung oot eence mai
ndrew says. He grabs onto the rope ladder and starts clambering
˜Come on!’ he shouts as the rope starts to ascend, lifting him
6 matches
Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ders wiz a guid long length o rope. He wore a deerstalker on his
n a crudely fashiont snare. A rope, fastened at one end tae the
d been fashiont fae Eddie’s rope. It wis unlucky that the ghil
3 matches
@daleser23 tweeted
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Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
he cloots thegither tae mak a rope. Ae Sikh swam the river an ti
r an tied ae end o the turban rope ticht tae a tree. That gied u
2 matches
Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
lie Clancy, wi a lenth o sash rope roun his neck cam intil the l on page 26
3 matches
Grubb, Adrian Bungee, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Kirkcaldy, prose
e. When ur done, we'll drop a rope fir ye tae clip it tae the ha
In the end, they drapped the rope, then pulled me back up. Whit
2 matches
Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The rope he'd used, tae tie the gate, on page 39
1 matches
Pennie, Len The year A shouldnae hae had, (tictok 2022) Central - Kilmarnock, poetry
up surrendered let go ae the rope an forgot wha it is that A wi
1 matches
Kennedy, Julie Ma Mum and William Wordsworth, (Howkin Words Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1399988971) Central, prose
testines are like a lang pink rope, aw curled an twisted. We don on page 12
1 matches
Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
ht tae bide, sleepin across a rope on page 17
1 matches
Smith, Elaine C. The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Totally Princessy Princess, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central - Glasgow, weans
hat high she must have used a rope ladder or stilts - but when on page 13
1 matches
Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
bank wiz high on this side. A rope swing hung fae a sycamore tre
hung fae a sycamore tree. The rope hung straight doon an there w
2 matches
Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
or oer. ‘There’s a bit ay rope there, tie it roon the nails
Wrappin the rope roon the bunch ay corroded na
Ah take it an unwind the rope fae the nails, shooderin the
3 matches
Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
broon beads strung on a thick rope. Like rosaries but much bigge
1 matches
Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
s 'Teevecheid cried oot, 'The rope's snappit in twa! We're gonna on page 139
1 matches
Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
limb aboard!' said Doug, as a rope ladder drapped doon fae his c on page 8
1 matches
Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
n shift it, and we'll bring a rope for Pooh, and I'll awa and te on page 135
hope. Tak heed. Some thinnish rope is whit I need. on page 139
e aw daein it. They had got a rope and were haulin Hoolet's chai on page 144
d faw in and come back on the rope wi the nixt bit o gear, and t on page 146
ot. Noo, Teeger, where's that rope? Whit's fashin ye, Hoolet?' on page 149
5 matches
Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ae the next, it made a kind o rope. As she wirked awa, she mindi on page 117
he mingin claes, Violet had a rope that wis, she howped, jist ab on page 118
in thon breeze, clingin tae a rope made oot o mingin claes, she on page 119
fawin. Tentily, she gied the rope a guid pull, and it steyed up on page 121
metal raither than a clootie rope. She opened her een and saw h on page 122
Also on pages 123, 125, 134
11 matches
Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Ti rope a kid, an cut its throat. on page 33
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
le ye can get in by. Tie this rope aroond yer waist, and I'll lo on page 29
find thon tindel-box, gie the rope a guid tug, aan and I'll ken on page 31
sodger shoutit, tuggin on the rope. on page 35
outit, as the hangman pit the rope aroond his neck. "Whit aboot on page 47
7 matches
McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
s the-day wadna ken a skippin-rope or a cahoutchy baa gin thay s on page 129
1 matches
Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
'Cut ... the bluidy ... rope,' Ah managed tae pech frae ma on page 17
3 matches
Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
at the end o his rope, flingin up his hint legs. Th
1 matches
Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
d tae a palin stab wi a claes rope, a pile o wid stackit up roon
1 matches
Stewart, Kenny The Wee Broon Hen, (no publisher recorded 2022) Ulster, poetry
ike strapped on wi a length o rope,
1 matches