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Use in varieties of Scots

ash Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.8 13.1 6 0 17.4 0 8.9
Number of occurrences3526 4 0 3 0 2
Number of authors26 18 4 3 1

Occurrences of ash in Corpus

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Central

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
litter, burn up an turn intae ash on page 9

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
th disappear, back up the red ash path n oot ae the park. Our o on page 25
aps a game of football on the ash park afterwards. on page 57

2 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
An ash in grate. on page 16

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Slate and blaes and reid ash mell on page 129

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
n. Sae Aafaither Odin ruik an ash tree tae mak man, an an elm t on page 14

2 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
perty. No yir typical Glesga ash trays pilin up party tinged w on page 3

1 matches

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
o mud an ash in an effort tae keep on page 195

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
raes are nou, poued up a yung ash sapling fae the grunds an too on page 122

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Is all that ash burnt roses leave, O Di's sad on page 44
Hud a fowr tier black ash Hi-Fi shelf on page 140

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
ff, lang lang syne and rotten ash saggin on page 53

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
l tae avoid Mary's wee pile o ash an doupies. Yince in his room on page 39
book wis a dirty pile o black ash. He carefully gathered every on page 43

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ant splashin him aboot in the ash-filled pond at the cemetery, on page 39

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
e saulless flesh, nae sterile ash mak end; on page 35
Stinkin like an ash-tray, wi reek-raddled luik, on page 65

2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
An Weir, noo ash, rook-squawked, some heard, on page 112

2 matches

MacKenzie, Douglas Eemis Stane 1 - Puir Finch, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Is noo an ash o beak and feather on page 13

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
gae covert, still hauds human ash. A haun-wringin guide tells u on page 14

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
biggent wi ash, an dream o the hairst, on page 43

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tle beauty in a cloud strewn, ash grey sky.
1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
doon in a tiny spray, a kindo ash landing in the dark on the ye
nder if that’s because this ash wis a dead thing, and water i
2 matches

Doric

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Leaves, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
e Companion' could manage. An ash, lurkin amon 'The Red Herring on page 22

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I've nae cash tae get the ash on page 96

1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Army Medical Services Museum Ash Vale has added ma part writte(2016) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Bert managed to flick his tab ash in his pint when he went to t(2016) search twitter

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
ash-light peepan. She gret fur th on page 19

1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
oot o' trees. Ask was made o' ash, tough and used fir weapon ha(2020) search twitter

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
@_amygear_ yes, ess = ash! And patti = swine :) LOVE yu(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Wae mae ash plant unner mae oxter on page 13
Wae mae ash plant unner mae oxter on page 14

2 matches

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