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Use in varieties of Scots

lily Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words20 8.2 42.2 39.7 5.8 0 66.4
Number of occurrences6416 28 4 1 0 15
Number of authors18 11 3 2 1 1

Occurrences of lily in Corpus

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Central

Grace, Reyzl Eemis Stane 2 - Late Efternuin in the Hermitage, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, poetry
"lily-white" in thair disuiss. A'mn on page 6

2 matches

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
a lily o the glens. on page 3

2 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
grown men turned tae lily-livered milk-sops. on page 45

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ond beehive awey fae winnin a Lily Savage lookalike comp. on page 168

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
eir umbrellas looked like the lily pads in the cemetery pond. on page 42

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Nae floatin lily's tresses snarled his feet, on page 37

1 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
scent tae, Mither said it was Lily o the Valley. Whit a bonny sm on page 120

1 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
sleep amang the lily bloums on page 9

1 matches

Gilmour, Rosie Haimster Pairty, (Scots Hoose 2016) Central, weans
She's jist a bairn, hir names Lily
A tried tae call Lily hame wi a wee bit aiple
t's ma wee Scots poem ae when Lily got loose
3 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
@MissPotkin Aw, Lily. Ah'm sorry aboot yer job. Th(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
itbaw at - add in easthouses lily/nitten/bonnyrigg etc etc - i (2020) twitter link
otlandFA that is superb n the lily is a crackin wee ground to go (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
gave oot...retired hans, noo lily fite, faaled in that final sl on page 89

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Lily Milne's a resident o Sunshine on page 44
he dining-room fir breakfast, Lily. You'll enjoy the company," s on page 45
t to go back up to your room, Lily, or are you all right here?" on page 46
"Comfy, Lily?" speers ane o the quines es on page 47

10 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
o the shinners. "My praicious Lily! My imperial kitthin!" on page 17
"Och, Teiger-lily!" said Ailice, addressin een on page 25
about the colour," the Teiger-lily obsairt. "Gin her petals curl on page 25
Aat's richt!" said the Teiger-lily. "The gowans are the warst o on page 27
our tung!" gullert the Teiger-lily. "As gin you iver saa onybody on page 28
Also on pages 32
15 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
milk for ye, an their dother Lily wad aye gie Myrtle a haan cai on page 72
tba match; for a young lassie Lily wore affa sensible sheen an n on page 72

2 matches

Orkney

Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
whar Peter an Lily are slicean a rabbit's tongue on page 18

2 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
e Potters. The rumour is that Lily an Cheemo Potter are – are
Lily an Cheemo … I canna believe
2 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Tha Lily-o-the-Valley lost aa her crew on page 88

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
said Maisie. "Send it up tae Lily." on page 15
ma o yersel the way ye dae wi Lily's weans. Yin day ye'll come h on page 16
aisie. "Is that no yer sister Lily?" on page 25
nice aal the same. A change." Lily acknowledged Daniel wi a stro on page 26
She wud watch Maisie an Lily scratch oot yin anither's een on page 28
Also on pages 39, 47, 59, 60
15 matches

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