bone | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 15 | 17.5 | 3 | 39.7 | 5.8 | 10.3 | 26.6 | |
Number of occurrences | 48 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
Number of authors | 30 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ck's wage, him worked tae the bone. Less spring in the big fella on page 78
1 matches
Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ma mooth hus suddenly become bone dry. Ah'm a terrible liar, ya on page 130
throw you and yur dug a juicy bone." on page 134
2 matches
Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Eh like ti cut ti thi bone an flesh things oot. on page 95
1 matches
Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
In the bone-joints o skeletal unreconstru on page 29
In yer mammy's bone cheenae. on page 131
2 matches
Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Dante's words cut me tae the bone. on page 47
1 matches
Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
d that would take a dug aff a bone howls across the Clyde. Fur t on page xiv
wean, cuttin ma haun tae the bone. Ah looked so happy oan ma we on page xix
She didnae huv a sympathetic bone in hur body and ruled hur cla on page 38
nald used tae whenever he'd a bone tae pick wi me, liftin his br on page 60
'She couldnae be bone idle like Stella Marie.' on page 63
Also on pages 119
6 matches
Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
Auld John choked on a bone on page 14
1 matches
Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
and sauf as if presented in a bone china tea tassie or a warked on page 18
1 matches
McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
bone-pickers. on page 37
1 matches
Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
were bone hard under foot. on page 91
1 matches
Wilson, Rab Lallans 70 - Carnegie, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
As ye cut their rates tae the bone,
1 matches
Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
e ca’d the Canyon. Past the bone works an the Armitage Shanks
1 matches
Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
-rags A tuik tae mean rag and bone men but A wid be gled o confi
1 matches
Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Robert Carver’s motet, ‘O bone Jesu’
o Robert Carver’s motet, O bone Jesu. Image taen frae Musick
2 matches
Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
g is the result of muscle and bone inflammation caused by the vi
1 matches
Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
rvously open it. It’s a wee bone. A real wan an aw. Looks like
k am ah meant tae dae wi this bone? Use it fur a stew? Au rub it
e the livin room, pick up the bone, and put it next tae the bowl
3 matches
Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
kin' shoor 'e's name's oan ri bone. As if A wid dare tae oafur i
A lerrum oot ri door wi' 'e's bone an' 'e turn't roon an' luct u
2 matches
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ised colour tae enhance thair bone structure. Obviously they win
1 matches
Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ae and she wis soaked tae the bone. Hazel hadnae noticed just ho
1 matches
Facebook link ( 2019) Central
hn Spreul's wife wis his back bone ... Ivvery bit as important a
Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
pectedly hus tickled ma funny bone and ah cannae wipe the smile
1 matches
Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Ah jump up and gee him a bone crunchin boady blow. The boay
1 matches
Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the bedroom door. "'Aathin's bone dry. It's as het Ah'v heard f on page 37
1 matches
Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ae a scrap o maet on a marrow bone. on page 117
1 matches
Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
is playan wae a muckle snorry bone on page 90
1 matches
@peediepuss tweeted
cavenged efter. Dinna see ony bone damage so likly no Otter, and(2020) search twitter
Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Tha bone they picked it clean on page 12
Tae get her poor doag a bone on page 24
2 matches
BardOfMilebush To A Merican Food, (Reddit 2017) Ulster, poetry
shed eggs, Yer bacon's dry as bone
1 matches
Hume, David The Aldfreck Coalmining Disaster, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ballycarry, poetry
aitin aa ree like a dug fur a bone.
1 matches
@fairfaaye tweeted
red): meaning 'chilled to the bone'; as in thon day would foun(2020) search twitter