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Use in varieties of Scots

moths Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.2 1.5 1.5 9.9 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences73 1 1 0 0 2
Number of authors5 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of moths in Corpus

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Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 70 - Hame-combin, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
for moths in the claes, wee-mawks onywh
they'll turn til moths or ither sorts o vermin,
2 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
he market comes tae you. Like moths tae a flame man.
1 matches

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
that draws aabody aroon like moths on page 14

1 matches

Orkney

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - The chapel by the burn, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
chasan moths and butterflies. on page 6

1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
rsels treysures on irth, whar moths an roost desthroy, an whar th on page 7
'll nether be stole nor et wi moths. For whut thïngs ye thïnk t on page 92

2 matches

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