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The word 'woollen'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
woollenOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.11710
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 31.5 3 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
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) 58.1 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 131.3 4 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of woollen in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
e the lacers. On wi the thick woollen scarf; up wi the collar o his on page 29
it o dirt, an half covered bi woollen balaclavas. Holey jerseys, an on page 30

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
ff she'd been knittin; socks, woollen caips, balaclavas for the sea on page 38

1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, Charlie Doric Scots Books an Poems, (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
Thick woollen socks that Dad once hid
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
day. Put ma bonnet, scarve & woollen jecket awa yisterday as thoug(2017)

Edinburgh

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
zing! We used tae pit oan wir woollen trunks an walk an walk if the on page 76

1 matches

Glasgow

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
on in his papoose, tuggin the woollen bunnet ower his cheeks an the
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
sun warmin her back throu the woollen plaid happt roun her shouders on page 67
pair o ruch linen breeks ower woollen stockins, an a pair o stout b on page 68

2 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
's selkie skin jaickit an the woollen sark aneath. His legs an fit on page 14

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
t warmth throu the back o his woollen jaiket, easin awa his winter on page 17

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
as an auld wumman in a coorse woollen cloak, she glided doon toward
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
An woollen blanket swaddled roond, on page 50

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
undervest tucked intae broun, woollen troosers, leather braces loop on page 11
layin open in a basin o blak, woollen cloth. "Who's this?" on page 14
tae tak shape. She pit a navy woollen jockey kep on hir heid, pinch on page 19
ed near the fire. Alfie pit a woollen blanket aroon hir shoulers. " on page 51

4 matches

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