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Use in varieties of Scots

chimney Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.9 7.2 12.1 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2214 8 0 0 0 0
Number of authors11 9 2

Occurrences of chimney in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
the windae, an wan fit up the chimney, an said tae hersel "That's a on page 35
r guessin-Wha's gaun doon the chimney, then?-Aye, that'll be right! on page 38

6 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
out our chimney but lum on page 58

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
her chimney! An ithers, that shuid hae ke on page 95

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
d her voice tae echo doon the chimney. "Stop greetin, lassie." on page 80

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
a fireplace; the trunk it’s chimney - except it’s no. It disna
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
x when, wi’ me climbin’ a chimney, yin o’ the boys has an’
1 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
n whyn yis whisked her up the chimney.”
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
they used tae shout doon the chimney Des... Sounded like OooooooAh (2023) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ig yin - ee kin smoke like a chimney n hae a guid swally oan the t (2021) twitter link

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
o e window, an wan foot up e chimney, an sade till hersel "Noo A c on page 33
A think-Who's till go doon e chimney?-Nay, A willna! He do id!-A?# on page 36

6 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
e words o the Tribune: 'Nae a chimney pot wis left nor wis there a on page 118

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
lang as nae a single pedal or chimney on the thing wis touched. The
1 matches

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