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jewellery Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.9 6 24 0 23.2 0 0
Number of occurrences3212 16 0 4 0 0
Number of authors16 7 7 2

Occurrences of jewellery in Corpus

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Central

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
tious buzz ay havin purchased jewellery, fae a real island. We amble on page 3

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
ed broon hair and mair bits 0 jewellery than ah kin count. Granny Cat on page 7

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e disnae let anywan touch her jewellery. She nearly broke yome lassie on page 107

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Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
aun. She haed on a lot o junk jewellery, haed a tan deep as gar shaw
€™m blamin thon wumman wi her jewellery an bloose, sae it's her shop
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Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
waws, banes and ferlie silver jewellery. The ettle o these symbols se
nce fur the makkin o fantoosh jewellery sic as brooches and pins, pos
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Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
an the buirit troves o siller jewellery fund in Fife gar us tak tent
in terms o archeology, airt, jewellery an history. The few damagin m
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Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
hey’d strip aa the claes an jewellery aff the body an dump it back
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
lease remove your top and any jewellery and stand against the X-ray m
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@Chazzbat tweeted
thir shells huv bin yaised in jewellery fer centuries, among ither th(2020) search twitter

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
uce. Actually, Ah sell aa the jewellery Ah tak aff weemin. on page 40

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"I,..Ramazan...from Jewellery Centre inside," said the loon on page 8
boxie wi bitties o wirthless jewellery; a lace-edged hunkie aat Ah'd on page 79

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
en the storm passes, pieces o jewellery float intae the air then vani on page 118

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
l hid a saft spot fur Minnie. Jewellery ay luiks best fin it's preene
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Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
osis o culture, especially on jewellery an cairved steens - Celtic a
1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
puckle photies and a wee bit jewellery… but this… this wis aa bl
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The Flying Pigs Use of the common good fund for slap-up feed merely follows in grand old tradition, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
rt (as weel as a laptop, some jewellery and a set o’ golf clubs).
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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Bit it wis da jewellery at fascinated me - I followe on page 42
d do dat. An dir aye buyin me jewellery - sees du dis lovely peacock on page 43
da boannie jewellery, cushion covers, even da dug' on page 53

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Watt, Valerie Cheerio for eenoo . . ., (Shetland Times 2011) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
we fan oot hit wis a piece o jewellery fae Viking times dat wis used
1 matches

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