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raid Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.7 7.7 10.6 29.8 5.8 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences2815 7 3 1 1 1
Number of authors18 7 5 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of raid in Corpus

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Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
attle, even gin it wis jist a raid on a wee trader that barely k on page 58

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
wer fly. He wad make a sidden raid, catch some puir bugger skyvi on page 86

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
pectin. Back in 1941, the air raid siren went aff every nicht as on page xvii

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
of Kirkmabreeke, The Tweedale Raid an Robin on page 141
The Tweedale Raid is a Border ballant; Pate Por on page 142

3 matches

Cameron, Peter Lallans 75 - The Raid on Clydebank, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
The Raid on Clydebank
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ai cam by a toun or pele, men raid out ti speir thair beisnes, b
foirsein the raid bi the sojers. Thai gried at
raid acoss the brig. The naitiouns
whan thai med thair raid inti Carlyle. Tammas nou mynd
Douglas wes pit doun i sicna raid, sae the
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@billykayscot tweeted
alian son-in-law who lets you raid the gardyveen and choose the (2020) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
inti the bey a bit, till the raid's ower. We'll seen get ye bac on page 41

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
t jist gid, "SPLAAT!!" whit a raid up, so wee say's, "Och at's n on page 38
fur twa box's a Codlin's, we raid ower an shot again, leevin ei on page 51

2 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
for fear the fulmars will raid their nests, on page 5

1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
Av got a drouth on....awa ti raid I scullery(2019) search twitter
@teuchtertoni I'm awa ti raid i sideboard.(2019) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
r afore ye get dressed. Fit a raid up!(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Gressy playgrund and an air raid shelter. on page 42

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
at the back o the air raid shelter, on page 123

1 matches

Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
owld an on her own in an air-raid, on page 18

1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: A Hamefarin hero, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
e join da Royal Navy. Dey wid raid hooses tae fin strong, fit me
1 matches

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
ord “Viking” meant “pirate raid” in the Old Norse language t(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
penel wus vexed tae raid in a wheen o' strategy paiper on page 28

1 matches

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