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Use in varieties of Scots

olive Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.5 6.5 4.5 0 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences1813 3 0 0 1 1
Number of authors16 11 3 1 1

Occurrences of olive 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

Robson, Frances Lallans 82 - The Locomotive, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Lik a roond fat olive. on page 30

1 matches

Cairns, Pauline Lallans 83 - Boeuf Bourguignon, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
a guid scoosh o olive ile on page 68

2 matches

Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
ey that roses grows amang the olive branches. on page 55

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
"Howzitgaun?" I offer a wee olive branch generally 'ae the back on page 3

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
ggs, grey-white and green, wi olive and broun spots. Gently, he p on page 18

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
ld Ya Ya, skin a twin tae the olive trees she moves unner, teeth on page 23

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
The velvet olive skins o southren France, on page 98

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 76 - The Gied Ower Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
an olive-lichened names an traces
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
she haes, Faither: pure licht olive, an nane o thae wee skelfs ye
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
palace, humphin muckle jars o olive ile an wine, an the herbour n
t awa. The arra skitit aff an olive tree, an landed in a burn tha
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ance o a wee part time job at olive bank brother - as an ex coon (2020) twitter link

Doric

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
o the olive-green disks on page 35

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
. In the hinnereyn though the olive ile hid deen the trick and th
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
punt Jess, Wee Jock, Frunkie, Olive, Jeannie, Muggie & Victor. Mi(2020) search twitter

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
@HKBelvedere Hoo about olive oil?(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
some boy wi thon bear, savin Olive Oyl forbye." on page 44

1 matches

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