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Use in varieties of Scots

moth Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 2.1 4.5 19.9 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences114 3 2 0 1 1
Number of authors11 4 3 2 1 1

Occurrences of moth 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

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Saft as a moth's wing on moist velvet ribbon on page 131

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
nge hair matted and its ootht moth-eaten. But worst o all, it hu on page 32

1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
Moth IV. The Anglo-British estaibl
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Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
rin awa like a beautifu daurk moth. An ah'd feel a sense o loss
1 matches

Doric

Robb, Lydia AUNTIE BEAN UNDRESSES, (Association for Scottish Literary Studies 2005 ISBN: 978-0948877698) Doric - Arbroath, poetry
like a moth emergin fae its chrysalis, on page 123

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
tae dirl an thump, thon auld moth-etten pianie frae Tullys wad
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
@Kennysc89883981 It's a moth WI it's glad rags on. ??(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Like a moth tae the light. on page 113

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Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
a fragile moth. on page 123

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Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
That - and this wee moth-like lure on page 5

1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
sures ïn heiven, whar nether moth ner roost can desthroy, ner t on page 7

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