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Use in varieties of Scots

funerals Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.3 3.5 6 9.9 5.8 10.3 0
Number of occurrences147 4 1 1 1 0
Number of authors10 5 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of funerals in Corpus

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Central

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
ye shidnae be allowed tae huv funerals this close tae Christmas. Sav on page 22

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ie ever gat asked tae sing at funerals. on page 75
eliever in the Virgin. But at funerals, Jesus's side at the front is on page 113
h've been tae ma fair share o funerals, and ah've neer seen o box li on page 114

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
are aw at each anither's funerals on page 52

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - Three Waddins and Fowr Funerals - a monologue, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Three Waddins and Fowr Funerals - a monologue on page 59

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
they stert daein catering at funerals. As we’re lowered doon in o
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
iv deen. Folk said at gaun te funerals wis is only social life an, i on page 74
impty pews. He mynd oan ither funerals he'd bin at: grievin widdas d on page 76

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ot at. It's ane o yon 'green' funerals - it's aa aboot gaun back te on page 14

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@JoanHenry7 tweeted
@LBC Speaking about funerals, I heard two blokes say (this (2023) twitter link

Orkney

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Funerals in Lockdoon on page 32

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
y suit! Da suit du's worn tae funerals fur da past twenty years?" on page 38

1 matches

Southern

The Westender Mairchers did oor toon prood, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
ict that oo remember.Military funerals in the Borders in recent time
1 matches

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