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Use in varieties of Scots

mantle Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.1 10.3 13.6 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2920 9 0 0 0 0
Number of authors14 12 2

Occurrences of mantle in Corpus

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Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
'clock, A glued ma een on the mantle clock in the front room an cu on page 22

1 matches

Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
, the spirlie man in his blae mantle, tongue-tackit and impatient, on page 55

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Happin a mantle o nimbus on page 169

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The mantle o the village artisan on page 28
hes an minds us oan. Nou in a mantle o Scots, he walks amang us ag on page 102

2 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
airst o gowd fae the Beggar's Mantle - is it no time that a mains on page 54

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
m o Fife was caad "a beggar's mantle, fringed wi gowd". But if ye on page 136

1 matches

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
he kists. "Tak a swatch o yon mantle, did ye iver see a rid sae de on page 63

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
crust the'r a layer cryed the mantle that's driven wi heat an gars
Ablow this atmosphere the'r a mantle o ammonia an methane ices an
ckel-iron. As heat atween the mantle an the hert breks doun methan
n the rocky hert an the grund mantle whaur life micht'a got a ster
4 matches

Fleemin, Sandy No on BBC, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
aa black, syne she flings her mantle ower her shouthers an's awa o
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e sais pickin them up fae the mantle piece, lightin wan.
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
In simmer's green mantle,
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
t the soft leaves ae lady’s mantle, the snell breeze set quaking
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
. They teuk upo thaimsels the mantle o the leadership o the Free W
1 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
nningham_MMM Aye, the beggars mantle ringed wi gowd right enoughuf (2022) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
n a hantle ither geegaws frae mantle an press. Minnie wis timmerin
trin luik at the clock on the mantle fin it chingged oot the oor.
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
On the mantle here, stauns a wee braiss bul
the tickin o the clock on the mantle near smored bi the sough o th
nen, fite's a shroud. The wee mantle clock gaed rickety-tick, rick
3 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ghter. Her ee shifted tae the mantle piece abeen the Aga tae the p
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
he kittlin breenged up on the mantle an caad doon
mantle, her back booed like a brig,
mantle. “Ye ken the fowk that bedd
3 matches

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