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Use in varieties of Scots

linen Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 5.7 6 9.9 5.8 0 39.8
Number of occurrences2611 4 1 1 0 9
Number of authors13 5 2 1 1 4

Occurrences of linen 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

Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
llie strip appeared, a line o linen laid oot lang tae bleach. on page 55

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ned in yer kist a guid roll o linen claith for his windin sheet, on page 43
by hersel in the lang-hained linen windin sheet, an buried later on page 47
ee bite tae eat. She untied a linen clout trae her waist an flype on page 67
kit the luik o him. He wore a linen sark an a pair o ruch linen b on page 68

5 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
ere in the captain's kist, ma linen shrood. on page 56

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
tables set wi cloots o white linen, an vases o bonnie flooers. S
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
at mornin - freshenin up the linen wis yae wey tae pass the time
wastit, the flair wis a white linen tableclaith, an a reid stain
t wey she had dreamt o staint linen. Oh, Lady Luck, she thocht, K
3 matches

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
chawed een o ma peece's, fyle linen up thi mark's. Noo, thi lad w on page 61

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
'We dinna wash wir fool linen in public. Get in the car noo
on the side o the bonnie fite linen sheets.
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
till the grun ootbye wis like linen, fite's a shroud. The wee man
1 matches

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
hen I hid spraed hid oot on a linen cloot on page 72

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Irish linen, wan hunder percent, on page 115

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
e first bell o Browne's Irish Linen fectorie sounded an Leonard p on page 12
x frae the face an bodie wi a linen rag an watched wrinkled newbo on page 33
Browne's Irish Linen cud dam a river, she had affe on page 34
nt ruim o dairk wuid an white linen that framed the distant turqu on page 48
in an lang lashes again white linen. Daniel slep nearest the dure on page 59

5 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
frae tha cross, lapt ït ïn linen claith, an layed ït ïn a to on page 110
doon an lukt ïn. He saa tha linen claes lyin bye on thair lane, on page 111

2 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Nae fine linen wud bae made. on page 9

1 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
ns oan display the noo in the Linen Haa Library an' the on page 51

1 matches

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