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kisses Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9 13.2 4.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2926 3 0 0 0 0
Number of authors18 16 2

Occurrences of kisses in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
them in kisses, and they'd roar and laugh an on page 78

1 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Coverin tane-tither in kisses, on page 25

1 matches

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
Lat him kiss me wi the kisses o his mou! on page 1

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
smeakin, the sweetest of all kisses, on page 37

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Fond Kisses on page 54

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Notes o kisses roond the warld on page 121

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
in came up. He waved and blew kisses tae the audience as the curta on page 134

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
so he blaws the shed boys kisses on page 4

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
O kisses frail as dew; deid filter-tip on page 75

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
O kisses frail as dew, deid filter-tip on page 59

1 matches

Briggs, Susi The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Princess and the Grumphieman, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
"He asked fer ten kisses," whuspered the lassie-in-wai on page 89
gied the Grumphieman his ten kisses and walked awa wi the music b on page 90
hiehoose she ended up swappin kisses fer toys wi the Grumphieman. on page 91
w, but ye didnae mind swappin kisses fer toys fae a grumphieman. Y on page 93

9 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
stealin twa three kisses as he daes, sayin the Baillie
1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
igned it wi three wee taigelt kisses.
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
ays seen oot the gither an he kisses her an a’ when something ga
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
shöd’s feart that gin she kisses thee, sho’ll, thoo kens, ge
7 Stolen kisses
2 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Bit backs it up wi’ tender kisses So eether wye yer pit tae fli
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
oothes the sting wi slow, wet kisses which ah wisnae expecting, bu
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
lips met ower the sweetist o kisses."Ay," said Davie, is lugs fir on page 31
ried te rin ewan, at Charhe's kisses an the things he'd deen te ma on page 66

2 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
the same the salt smerts oor kisses. on page 1

1 matches

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