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moor Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.1 8.7 10.6 0 29.1 0 0
Number of occurrences2917 7 0 5 0 0
Number of authors19 10 7 2

Occurrences of moor in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
Muivin the boat tae moor oan a mistit isle, on page 30

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Birmingham Road isnae part ae Moor park. It so is though, an it' on page 169

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
That rainy nicht up on the moor. on page 110
aw poles at Rannoch whaur the moor begins on page 136

2 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
See the wee laddie oot on the moor, on page 6

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Indo-Chinois, Moor lasses, on page 98

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
In the sun the moor turns harlequin and whisky so on page 91

1 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 76 - Oan the Daith o John Law, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
corynoch cries oot abune the moor;
1 matches

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
oil", or ah'd hear "By Ilkley moor ba'ht Tat" on the radio an be
1 matches

Briggs, Susi O Rabbie, I hae seen the day, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Aye, I saw ye on the moor
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
ey’d spent the nicht on the moor an in the mornin checked aw r
Oot on the moor aw seemed quiet an the 60 or
e rebels scarpered across the moor leavin the deid an 4 captives

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
aw the way back tae Bothwell Moor whaur they set up camp. Thur

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
in the aifternoon on the bare moor cawed Airds Moss near Cumnock

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
antit man, livin rough on the moor, harried and huntit thru hail

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
her than sleepin rough on the moor. Cargill graciously acceptit.

Doric

Templeton, Sheila Tales Fae The Doric Side - La Bella Rebelle, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
at Culloden Moor; jyle time, aye an the rale t on page 62

1 matches

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - Oor Grun, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
ountain hare, skytin ower the moor hisnae a name on page 88

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
fin thi caim ashore an helpen moor thim up an lan ther catch wit on page 1

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
my size files on owre Rannoch Moor tae dark Glencoe far treacher on page 10

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
roo bleak on desolate Rannoch Moor.
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
rphs Aye, we think of muir as moor, but it's in lots of hill nam (2020) twitter link

@McGoo1888 tweeted
ephen55767497 @MoonbeamsDidIt Moor Park across the road ish wis (2021) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
t ootside wir fence, whaar da moor is eroded tae laeve a scree a on page 91
light, as da saft sun-waarmed moor squelched up atween da taes a on page 92

4 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
apö Moor Fea man be conductin da waves on page 28

1 matches

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