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Use in varieties of Scots

casts Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.4 4.5 0 29.8 5.8 0 19.3
Number of occurrences189 0 3 1 0 5
Number of authors13 7 2 1 3

Occurrences of casts in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
e meanin ae the original, but casts its subtle emphases in ither on page vii

1 matches

Aitchison, Craig nobody remembers the birdman - Fishin the Mairch, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
kevels, steids ilka fit, casts. He flisks on page 1

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
t o devotees tae the spell it casts on page 11

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
THE GUID SHP BREXIT CASTS AFF Despedida, la revedere, on page 77

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
ae I'm telt by yon wumman wha casts on page 36
then casts her oot like a stane. on page 46

2 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
t's above iz an sideyways, it casts wee shadows oan yir plooks. T on page 2
ht. The angle ay the saft wan casts shadows oan the scars left fa on page 3

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
s a horrible bastard. Silence casts oor the room wae me and Craig on page 133

1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Astrid casts back tae a pal fae the colleg on page 71
id's touchan her, whan Astrid casts a airm ower her more-as-Marti on page 91

2 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Casts a knowing eye ower her on page 141

1 matches

Shetland

Sutherland, Stella Half a Twalmont, (Shetland For Wirds 2014) Shetland, poetry
day an night casts aboot
1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
casts oot ïll spirits." Knowin tha on page 9
t. But sum o thaim sayed, 'He casts ïll spïrits oot throu tha p on page 89

3 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Deep shadow casts on page 40

1 matches

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
ent airt 'at kythes sindèrie casts o Ulstèr-Scotch. on page 51

1 matches

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