| selkies | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Corpus | 4.2 | 14 | 10 |
| ORK - Orkney | 19.9 | 2 | 2 |
| SHD - Shetland | 40.7 | 7 | 4 |
| 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 | |||
| DOR - General Northern | |||
| NEC - North East Central | |||
| SEC - (South) East Central | |||
| WCE - West Central | |||
| DUN - Dundee | |||
| EDN - Edinburgh | |||
| GLA - Glasgow | |||
| AYR - Ayrshire | |||
| LAL - General Central | 3.9 | 3 | 2 |
| SEA - South East (Borders) | |||
| SWE - South West (Galloway) | |||
| 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) | |||
| GUL - General Ulster | |||
| SYN - Synthetic (no region) |
Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
ken isles o Orkney. Here, the selkies sing, and the abundant shell
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@tattooedselkie tweeted
raaloane Thanks ?? I'm fond o selkies.(2021)
@helenmoncrieff tweeted
g is a mermarble / merble. Or selkies necklace. Or auld mineral wat(2014)
kie Pool waders and da singin selkies o Quendale ower muckle #shetl(2013)
Da Quendale selkies are geein it laldy and da sta(2013)
Harbour selkies, dunters and neesiks- dey kee(2016)
@shaetlan_rose tweeted
tir Friday, even fir dem poor selkies!(2019)
Thain, Gianna Far Shaddas Lurk, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
ither creatures o’ the sea, Selkies, Nessie, Kelpies,
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McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
'Its yin o yon selkies, is it no?' A spake back. on page 59
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