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Use in varieties of Scots

ceremony Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.4 6.4 7.4 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1813 5 0 0 0 0
Number of authors13 8 5

Occurrences of ceremony in Corpus

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Central

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
h estaiblishment nature o the ceremony wis emphasised when the Queen on page 15

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
al. A coffin, a wee prayer, a ceremony. That's whit aa the best psyc on page 64
movin or else ye'll miss the ceremony." on page 88

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
e read the hale actual waddin ceremony, jist tae mak the play seem m on page 135

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
n’s a Man’ at the opening ceremony.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
stom, haed tae cairry oot the ceremony o Ridin the Mairches o the bu
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
The ceremony wis opened bi Dr Sandy Tulloc
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
d efter brakfast the’ war a ceremony that wis observed ilka ouk it
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
wi my granfaither tae a grit ceremony,” she sayed by wey o introd
he colours o the rainbow. The ceremony has been celebratit for that
he meal an performt a blessin ceremony, chantin an spirklin aabody w
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ma auld man wis at the openin ceremony when the commonwealth games w (2021) twitter link
@Cowden81 was at the opening ceremony wae ma faither (2020) twitter link

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
" A speirt oot he cam, makkin ceremony o't. "Ye the heid yin?" on page 3

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Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
The openin' ceremony wis plain but fair, Like oor on page 29

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
pe wi the time an place o the ceremony. Ilkie een maun bring a bottl
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The Flying Pigs Use of the common good fund for slap-up feed merely follows in grand old tradition, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
ery romantic alfresco wedding ceremony, by the benches outside Soul
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
ts wye. Micht jist bide fir i ceremony, free scran and then scarper.(2019) search twitter

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