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Use in varieties of Scots

customs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.7 5.7 3 9.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences1511 2 1 1 0 0
Number of authors15 11 2 1 1

Occurrences of customs in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
or tak pairt in tred. Aw the customs o Man bode ill. And, abuin aw on page 6

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
d, Sands an steeple, granary, customs, windmill, caul, on page 77

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Auld customs dee whan bairns forget, on page 51

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ae saison o the year, but the customs and beliefs that gien their l on page 62

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
s ingait tae nories o ancient customs an sattlement pattrens. We le on page 110

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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
their community’s history, customs and traditions, memory, uniqu
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Noo auld beliefs an customs wither.
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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
pleased. ‘I see ye ken oor customs. Ma name is Snorl.’
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
he didna ken eneuch aboot the customs o thir fowk, or hae eneuch de
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Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
wis unner surveillance by the customs men. He defended himsel wi a

@LairnScots tweeted
h traditional Scottish waddin customs an listen tae oor waddin wird (2018) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
The customs at Briggies fair opent their on page 15

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
re, speired a lot aboot Hindu customs an even mair aboot the wee ya
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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
r-park, thir conversations an customs, on page 14

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Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
s charming to bring these old customs out of the mothballs for spec on page 35

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