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lukkan Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.4 0 0 526.6 0 0 0
Number of occurrences530 0 53 0 0 0
Number of authors10 10

Occurrences of lukkan in Corpus

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Orkney

Tait, Ruth Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Eyes lukkan up didna see the reek o hir f on page 10

1 matches

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
And were chist lukkan for a piece o grund on page 43

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
is time, poor owld Victor wis lukkan kindo ill. on page 8
Ah'm seen a better lukkan face on the hint end o a coo. on page 9
hid sat on a sycamore branch, lukkan doon wi malevolent eye, on page 16
an momeen, noon and night and lukkan efter me. on page 24
Bit ah'm no gaan roond lukkan fur trouble - ah'm a peace-l on page 31
Also on pages 50, 55, 56, 57, 60, 63, 69, 70, 79, 83
19 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
"All drink tae yin," lukkan ower on page 13
tenance, so sheu wis the body lukkan eftir on page 15
An lukkan oot the peedie vizzie-bell, on page 17
hat - grand a piece o space, lukkan fer a peedie piece tae listen on page 22
pilot light, whan Darling, no lukkan, snappers atwart her, dingan on page 47
Also on pages 73, 118, 158
11 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Lukkan doon ower the land on page 34
rosie peony gerdeen ah'il cum lukkan fur you. on page 63
Hid's lukkan like hid's gaan tae rain on page 105
lukkan fur tracks on the OS map on page 119

6 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
bble and water wid shoot oot. Lukkan across the fields you could s on page 14
bit yir lukkan yer age, there's no mistake on page 144

2 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Lukkan forward I see love on page 123

2 matches

Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
Sanday is a modern, forward lukkan piece. A generous proportion
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
hat said Privet Drive – no, lukkan at the sign; cats couldna rea
¦ and there wis a lot o droll lukkan critturs in toon the day …â
e wis tall, thin an gey owld, lukkan at the silver o his hair an b
s busy rummagan in his cloak, lukkan fur sometheen. But he didna s
He haed funnd whit he wis lukkan fur in his inside pooch. It l
6 matches

Lamb, Gregor Lamb’s Tales, (The Orkney Dictionary 2005) Orkney, prose
her wir standan aside wir car lukkan very worried! Everybody hid a
1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
ir tint: hid wis affens aboot lukkan at the wey fock ir spaekan no
talgia, bit thir wis gey more lukkan tae the future. Ootower aa th
2 matches

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