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Use in varieties of Scots

ashes Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6 1.5 10.4 59.6 0 20.7 7.7
Number of occurrences203 7 6 0 2 2
Number of authors14 3 3 4 2 2

Occurrences of ashes in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Nae guidbyes; jist the cauld ashes on page 16

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
The nixt mornin, in the cauld ashes, the maid foond a daud o tin on page 81

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
spirit o Unity arose fae the ashes. Aince mair, the leid, the Gl
1 matches

Doric

Strachan, Shane Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Hert o the Moontin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
ashes tae ashes. on page 89

2 matches

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
Ashes tae ashes, on page 23

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust..." said the me on page 77

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Lawrie, Alistair Northwords Now 45 - The Win, (Northwords Now 2024) Doric - Peterhead, prose
r a whilie starin at the dyin ashes in the grate, listenin tae th
1 matches

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
burn hir tae ashes. on page 12

1 matches

Miller, Alison Gallows Ha - Bairns Sang, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
when shae is brunt tae ashes. on page 14

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The ashes spilled oot fae the grate nea on page 25

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Burn hir tae ashes. on page 75

1 matches

Harris, Jane Me Laand, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
"Dust to dust, ashes to ashes.."
1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
And so this phoenix, frae ashes rose on page 12

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
A haundfu o grey ashes; lang, lang ago at rest. on page 215

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
the hairth an swept away the ashes frae the nicht afore. She lic on page 10

1 matches

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
Frae '45 in ashes, tha brave EU. on page 59

1 matches

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