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Use in varieties of Scots

boil Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 1.5 0 69.6 17.4 51.7 4.4
Number of occurrences193 0 7 3 5 1
Number of authors14 3 4 3 3 1

Occurrences of boil in Corpus

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Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
hie flicked on the gas hob to boil the kettle an slumped ontae t on page 40

1 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
c sneerins gar't ma bluid tae boil. Yet, that sae mony fowks - S
1 matches

@bigandymccoll tweeted
seep oot, somehow. Then that boil will be lanced and the connec (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Orkney Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2015 ISBN: 978-1785300066) Orkney, weans
"Hot fox stew! Like ye boil in a pot?" on page 3

1 matches

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
Set the kettle on the hob tae boil, on page 43

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
an tae mak me denner? I canna boil an egg. on page 24
languishes whar tidal watters boil, on page 37
"Och - awey and boil yer heid - awey and kiss yer on page 55
t some pork chops and a bit o boil - the best o good, Orkney ma on page 58

4 matches

Hume, Caroline Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Bring to a rolling boil on page 126

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ower, waitin fur da kettle ta boil, an whin shü waakened Jeems on page 35

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
When he's dead, boil his head, on page 68

1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
stit mutton o da winter on da boil. I love bein a Shetlander!(2013) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
And ne'er wud lance that boil on page 29

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@cammyrudkin tweeted
ChisholmIain @feesho away and boil yir heed chegs #allfreezehaha(2012) search twitter
@iona_gibb away and boil yor heed wumin #eerjeestnoclu(2012) search twitter
eDru @stuartwhogg_15 away and boil yir heed disco puss #naewonde(2012) search twitter

@jamie_ginger tweeted
inMark @jimhamilton4 Away and boil yir heed(2018) search twitter

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Wi' the kettle on the boil, on page 47

1 matches

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