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drooned Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.9 7.6 16.5 0 23.2 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences3215 11 0 4 1 1
Number of authors21 12 4 3 1 1

Occurrences of drooned in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
tae speak, but his words were drooned by the shouts o Tapiwa and se on page 53

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Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
i ma windin sheet, yon oor he drooned on page 56

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Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
white maws steal the souls o' drooned seamen, ye can believe it wha on page 16

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
doughball. Dozy prick nearly drooned dookin fur apples yin year. H on page 75

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Till each and evri wan wis drooned, In Lugar Watter! on page 34

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
itch on. The hale theatre wis drooned wi licht. Awbody blinked and on page 158

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Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
ower the drooned that lig asleep. on page 9

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
, Phyleus, lookin mair like a drooned rat than a prince. on page 24
e scrammle oot quick afore he drooned. on page 27

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
wis jist a lad whan Tannahill drooned hissel in 1810, sae he cannae on page 69

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Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - The Tartanic, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Ah’d rather hae drooned wi ma nebby neebors,
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Fitt, Matthew Whuppity Stoorie, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
and had fawn aff his ship and drooned in the sea. Or if the grund h
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McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
got tae him afore he wid have drooned!” A have tae say that this
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
in’ an’ lookin’ fell “Drooned Rat-like!” She, drookit, de
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Facebook link ( 2021) Central
rocks. Ahint us mair than 200 drooned.

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
k. Aw three fowk on board war drooned," said Farquhar wi a wee swit on page 98

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
r id noo, A suppose, by be-an drooned in ma oun tears ! At will be on page 20

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Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
kes straikit her bonnie hair. Drooned seamen birled an furled in a on page 119
alane on the shore fan I near drooned. Thon quine saved ma life. I' on page 123

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Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
"Abody here will seen be drooned
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
sons hid a quine, Jessie fa'd drooned hersel in the Leddrach dam a
ottars fin their quine Jessie drooned hersel, nae a wird o the bair
ttars, fa's dother Jessie hid drooned hersel there last Yule, raith
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ae fridges –– the scummy, drooned midden o a generation that ke
rew an skipper forbye, wis aa drooned.
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
as be drooned an tint. Oh, fit are we guun
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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ower da pier, foo a drink, an drooned." on page 20
"Shü drooned whin shü wis nine year aald. on page 44

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
as their men gied doon, aa drooned. on page 88

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@shaetlan_rose tweeted
love dat. I mind we caa'd de drooned wirms in puddles dat at de sc(2020) search twitter

Southern

@jamie_ginger tweeted
pilliar snuffed eet. Think it drooned. So am just moving it aboot t(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Drooned unner a hoovin wecht? on page 20

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