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Use in varieties of Scots

selkies Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.3 1.5 3 19.9 40.7 0 0
Number of occurrences143 2 2 7 0 0
Number of authors10 2 2 2 4

Occurrences of selkies in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Lik bleizin selkies on page 90

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
'Its yin o yon selkies, is it no?' A spake back. on page 59

2 matches

Doric

Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
da be feart o the bourachie o selkies. The wee beasties will jist b on page 37

1 matches

Thain, Gianna Far Shaddas Lurk, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
ither creatures o’ the sea, Selkies, Nessie, Kelpies,
1 matches

Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
wae the selkies. on page 18

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
ken isles o Orkney. Here, the selkies sing, and the abundant shell
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ines!" cried da Mock Turtle. "Selkies, turtles salmon, an sae trow; on page 100

1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
raaloane Thanks ?? I'm fond o selkies.(2021) search twitter

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
g is a mermarble / merble. Or selkies necklace. Or auld mineral wat(2014) search twitter
kie Pool waders and da singin selkies o Quendale ower muckle #shetl(2013) search twitter
Da Quendale selkies are geein it laldy and da sta(2013) search twitter
Harbour selkies, dunters and neesiks- dey kee(2016) search twitter

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
tir Friday, even fir dem poor selkies!(2019) search twitter

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