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Use in varieties of Scots

necklace Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6 6.4 7.4 9.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2013 5 1 1 0 0
Number of authors10 5 3 1 1

Occurrences of necklace in Corpus

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Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
hir heid. It wis a choaker, a necklace © gowd, twistin lik a serpen on page 14

8 matches

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
ae gem o yer necklace. on page 8

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
glass while she decided which necklace to place round her bonny whit on page 3

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
(He taks an amber necklace oot o a box held bi his groom on page 34
She rips the amber necklace frae her throat,an dashes it on page 35

2 matches

@fairpechtoot tweeted
School LOVE the @Bonnie_Bling necklace! Well done oan the nomination(2020) search twitter

Doric

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
and his seashell necklace rattles - on page 32

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
r aat she cudna live wi'oot a necklace aat wis hingin in his winda. on page 14
as she opened the tube an the necklace she'd been admirin aa wik fel on page 17

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"What about this necklace, Lily?"' on page 44

1 matches

Harper, Edith The Wye Athin Chynges, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric, poetry
an amethyst necklace strung oot alang the tideline
1 matches

Orkney

Miller, Alison Gallows Ha - Bairns Sang, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
The only necklace shae will wear on page 14

1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ermarble / merble. Or selkies necklace. Or auld mineral water bottle(2014) search twitter