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Use in varieties of Scots

quail Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.2 0.5 4.5 0 0 0 13.3
Number of occurrences71 3 0 0 0 3
Number of authors4 1 1 2

Occurrences of quail in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
y in. A tell ye it wis rerr ~ quail's eggs, quiche lorraine, Fren on page 71

1 matches

Doric

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
it but John Mills and Anthony Quail end up crossin a Jerry minefi
Onywye it ends up wi Anthony Quail pittin his fit on a mine wi a
aboot the mine while Anthony Quail steed stock stell wi the sywt
3 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
The watter quail on page 24

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
A heerd tha watter quail's caa on page 19
n in tha screich o tha watter quail, on page 24

2 matches

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