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Use in varieties of Scots

rag Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.4 7.5 7.5 9.9 5.8 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences2415 5 1 1 1 1
Number of authors22 14 5 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of rag 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

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
the Caterpillar, loassin the rag. "Explain yersel!" on page 43

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
t tae me is like showin a red rag tae a fuckin bull. 'Abi rip y on page 11

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Oan the Rag(e) on page 12

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
JESSIE: Weel, gie me a rag or somethin. Hurry. Is he...? on page 63

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
loss the rag on page 54

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
eegit! A wis juist takkin the rag!" on page 80
"You'r ettlin tae tak the rag oot o me agane!" on page 81

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Boys-fur-rags A tuik tae mean rag and bone men but A wid be gle
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Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
auld has healed, some red-top rag or anither will dredge up the
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Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
n the coort pages o the local rag. Three days efter the paper c
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Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
wi it. ‘Here’s yir dirty rag back, soldier, it isnae fir m
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
haun. “D’ye dae this for Rag
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
l oot the jerry can oan tae a rag an removin an cleanin the spa
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@Chazzbat tweeted
's t-shirt luiks like an oily rag. #Corrie(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
e retweet this - ur a legend rag time lol https://t.co/htRfn9y (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
irrage wi pans an dishes an a rag-bug fir dressin-up. Imaginati on page 21

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
eethairt, he rade oot wis his rag-tag o reivers tae spulzie the on page 51

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
Bit that wis jist lik a reed rag tae a bull. “Aye, bit there
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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
A haid a bit rag-oot ower hes donnert weys, an
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
e haun it tae aat muckle loon Rag ‘n Been Min fa reinvented hi(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
a rag doll an a widden boat thir on on page 117

1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
rawer, let alone cradle. No a rag o claes. on page 21

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Wi' greasy rag and bib and brace on page 40

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
the face an bodie wi a linen rag an watched wrinkled newborn f on page 33

1 matches

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