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lungs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.9 17.5 21.1 29.8 11.6 0 4.4
Number of occurrences5434 14 3 2 0 1
Number of authors36 24 8 2 1 1

Occurrences of lungs in Corpus

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Central

McPartlin, John Lallans 82 - Biggin the Great Nor Road, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
the bowl, sooks air intae his lungs. on page 66

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Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
h screamed. At the toap ae ma lungs 'FUCKIN TABLE!' on page 35

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Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
t him square an pittin aw his lungs intae the shout, the young ma on page 135

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Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
o wracked and riven lungs on page 129

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Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
byspiel thing, but a makar's lungs are makkit for mair than pech on page 3

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Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
I hae a hoast in ma lungs the day - on page 36
rin careless in the wund. Her lungs souch - on page 45

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Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
ye right enough. Fine pair o' lungs ye huv!) on page

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
we'd left bek nd, filled his lungs in a kinna ecstasy. on page 77

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
won!!" ah roared sae hard ma lungs felt as if they wur ready tae on page 99

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an filled thir lungs an united thir tongues, on page 72

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
encourages yi tae pollute yir lungs. Who cares, said Charlene, Ah on page 152

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Nae pechin lungs or kirkyaird-hoast nor pally- on page 124

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Wi lungs like drums, placed in a plast on page 76

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
e, the fresh air wid clear ma lungs. It wisna gum though. It wis on page 23

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
e needs. He's gat some pair o lungs. God is guid. on page xx
and ah went fur an X-ray o ma lungs. It wis horrendous. The docto on page 5

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McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
st as his hert, the Provost's lungs were fou - on page 112

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McFarlane, Ishbel Time tae mairch oot o oor climate comfort zones, (The National 2019) Central, newspaper
Rome burns. Except it’s the lungs o the warld that’s burnin.
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McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
coming home" at the top o oor lungs. Then we aw marched oot wi oo
screeched at the top eh their lungs "Here they are, the Scotsmen!
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Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
wis ower muckle for her auld lungs, but, an she didnae live lang
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ptive habit; an illness o the lungs better kent as tuberculosis o
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
er expellin aw the air fae ma lungs. Ah thrash aboot, tryin tae f
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
he milky hash smoke intae his lungs. ‘Fuck sake man, that’s a
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
there’s sommat stuck in ma lungs and throat, and while ah’ve
tae dae noo is an X-ray o ma lungs.
awfae dark, and a photie o ma lungs is up against a blindin white
ah’m surprisingly calm. Ma lungs look normal enough. Ah cannae
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Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
he December wind stabs at the lungs ae sober men daft enough tae
Hiz lungs demand sum respite. He closes
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Burstin’ your lungs, he’rt an’ muscle tae tra
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Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
Muntains war felt movin like lungs. “Nocht but haar!” he lau
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@weenell3 tweeted
. a double dunter tae get the lungs goin ?? (2022) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
it sooked the breath oot yer lungs. on page 29

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Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
watchin the lungs o the warld breathe in an oot on page 35

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Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
smokin cuid dae tae yer lungs and she nivver stoaps gaen on on page 43

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Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - The New Leviathan, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
that sweem the warld's lungs. on page 84

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Strachan, Shane Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Hert o the Moontin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
lines oor young lungs. on page 89

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
in yer veins an breath in yer lungs, on page 32

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
o the countryside fullin wir lungs an the win blaain wir hair an on page 21

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
tae catch her braith, fur her lungs war sair noo an she focht fur
ster an faister, as if he his lungs war bladdit, like a blacksmit
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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
e ballin at the tap o yer wee lungs. And I wis feart at the sicht
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@fittiecrooners tweeted
ome fresh air in tae the auld lungs(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gallows Ha - Dance tae the End, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
e reel's gittan queeker, thir lungs fit tae burst, on page 27

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Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
r, nae hairt, nae braens, nae lungs, nae hass, nae tong, nae will on page 31

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
he reel's gittan queeker thir lungs fit tae burst on page 152

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
thoot onythin idda wye fae da lungs tae da mooth. Whit odds dey i on page 23
da airflow on it's wye fae da lungs oot trowe da mooth. Dis can b on page 25

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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ce o hir faither filterin hir lungs in crystallie streams o sang on page 34

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