| devil | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occurences normalised per million words | 9.9 | 7.4 | 11.8 | 89.4 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | |
| Number of occurrences | 33 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Number of authors | 25 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
cunt takin their pet Kitchen Devil a walk. A stoat up tae him bu on page 12
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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Poor devil! See him ower his screen, on page 105
1 matches
Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
am, an' be winderin' whit the devil he's daein' hime at that tme. on page 23
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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
For angels' wings (or devil's back): This horse shall ser on page 3
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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Hughie and The Devil on page 35
"Ye stupit eejit!" The Devil tormented him all the way bac on page 43
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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Preen oot this devil frae your saule. on page 23
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McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
the Devil's thing!" Then satyrs an wumm on page 112
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
that later becam ‘The White Devil’. His unnergraduate days wa
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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
gien Ged a wink as ah go. The devil dug makes another lunge, gnas
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Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
e last known sightin ae those devil wains. Ower the next week it
1 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
ic as "baudran" (the cat) or "Devil's pictur'd beuks" (playin cai
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@raiphsays tweeted
Nevar too erly tae werr devil horns! :D(2020) search twitter
Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
er, words like cloven hoof an devil creatur o Bruntie, which neit
toon there isnae much talk o devil cats or beasts o Bruntie, exc
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Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
ry stuff oot. Yur like a dare devil. Ah hope yi grow up to have t
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
the waves crashed against the Devil’s Peatstack in a mash o foa
n weird shapes as if tortured Devil’s imps in the depths o desp
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Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
m if he wiz gyan tae face the Devil again. He'd deen it eence at
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@_DawnLeslie tweeted
was an aul NE name for the devil though... ?????(2020) search twitter
Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - Five Signs, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Sheu his wan devil's mark. on page 16
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Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
the kirkyard at night wae the devil himsel. I'd selt me bairn's s on page 21
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Garson, Sheila Gallows Ha - Annie, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
in cahoots wae the devil, on page 30
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Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
n accused o consortan wae the devil, some based on fact, some mee on page 34
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Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Me kilt scratched like the devil and me feet swalled up like d on page 3
Until some devil taks him and he's in the soup on page 14
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Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Sheu lies wae the devil. on page 75
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Lamb, Gregor Lamb’s Tales, (The Orkney Dictionary 2005) Orkney, prose
‘Whit the devil are you doing here, peedie la
1 matches