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Use in varieties of Scots

gales Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 2 4.5 49.7 0 0 0
Number of occurrences124 3 5 0 0 0
Number of authors10 3 3 4

Occurrences of gales in Corpus

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Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Through frenzied gales, or doldrums that becalm, on page 20

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Through frenzied gales, or doldrums that becalm,
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Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
when it wiz blawn full force gales n the rain wiz chucking it do
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McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
n in his gub, they erupted in gales o’ semi-sympathetic laughte
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Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Ower the Grampian hills far gales aften howl on page 15

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Ere's been nae gales tae blaw them awa.
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
anels, a bield agin the gurly gales o sizzens that war tiltin aje
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Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gallows Ha - The Weather Dance, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Thursday gales deterred the creeler as on page 28

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Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The winter gales are here again - the drivan on page 75

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Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
hervest gales. on page 58

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Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Thursday gales deterred the creeler as on page 154

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Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
s. Ready to brace the pending gales. on page 61

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