Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

lamps	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	12.3	13.6	9	19.9	11.6	10.3	8.9
Number of occurrences	40	27	6	2	2	1	2
Number of authors	23	14	3	1	2	1	2

Occurrences of lamps in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
een shinin bricht in the oil lamps glow. on page 25
the oil-lamps glow a beacon in the nicht. on page 28

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
w that wis lit up bi a row ae lamps hingin fae the roof. on page 10

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
eleeven leeries tae licht the lamps ower the haill sax continents on page 58
e he seemed mair fragile yet. Lamps maun be bieldie, for they can on page 78

3 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
shiny under the orange street lamps n the purple sky. The Toi lie on page 41

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
, that wis lichtit by a raw o lamps hingin frae the ruif. on page 10

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
winter wicks for the cruisie-lamps. There were nae windaes in th on page 56
ae mak tallow for the cruisie-lamps, an they cured the tleeces fo on page 57

2 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
aboot lamps - tillies, cruisies (like I on page 100

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Teeger that Cam for his Tea, (Floris Kelpies 2018 ISBN: 978-1782504665) Central, weans
ae the mirk, an aw the street lamps were lichtit, an aw the car l on page 24

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
whaur. Fae the ceilin, muckle lamps hung doon and bathed the room on page 142

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
chairs and a widden table wi lamps hingin ower them, jist barrie on page 38
hat the licht frae the readin-lamps skinkled aw ower the dreidsom on page 91

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
wi jinkin lamps owrbrichtly clashin on page 41

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
chtit by the gleam o a hunner lamps." on page 29

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
But this A'll say: the lamps were lit, on page 62

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
dizzy an dizzy an turning the lamps fae the street an the skyligh
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
lays, fornaces, stame shuils, lamps frae
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
But this A'll say: the lamps were lit,
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
hoose wi its twin reeks o ile lamps an oor uncleʼs pipe. It gied
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
aroon pittin oot maist o the lamps, than begoud his shadae-play
leukit aroon the room as the lamps wis lit, an her gaze cam tae
leukit aroon the room as the lamps wis lit, an her gaze cam tae
3 matches

Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
whilst ah wis lightin the oil lamps afore tea, he helped me. He t
d ladles oan sticks an wi the lamps aff, ye cuid see lecky spark
2 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
wheech wis lit up by a row o lamps hingan fae e roof. on page 10

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
an they hidna yet lichtit the lamps. Aa the licht that there wis on page 51

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Haly Buik wi the tither. The lamps war lichtit, a saft, gutterin
t his dowp. They war cairryin lamps an sat them doon in a neuk, w
Leerie leerie licht the lamps
3 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ae the cellar. They’d fancy lamps wi reflectors on them that th
1 matches

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Oil lamps and torches noo lit for the f on page 26
Torches and lamps lit wir path on page 27

2 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
n aa da licht cam fae a row o lamps at wis hingin ida rdf. on page 10

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ot da paraffin fur wir Tilley lamps fae her. Maist a wis gude at on page 14

1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
ma auldest son lamps
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
mmed intae oak shelves an oil lamps suspended frae on page 57

1 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
, whuch wus ht up bae a row o lamps hingin frae the roof. on page 10

1 matches