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Use in varieties of Scots

shawl Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 5.7 15.1 9.9 0 41.3 4.4
Number of occurrences2711 10 1 0 4 1
Number of authors15 8 3 1 2 1

Occurrences of shawl in Corpus

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Central

Underhill, James William Lallans 82 - Ominous, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Inside the shawl o the Mither o the North on page 23

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
a in her chair, fidgin wi her shawl, an steirin the parritch pat; on page 25

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
And you in yer Granny's shawl for comfort on page 132

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
it's no a dish-cloot, it's ma shawl.' Noos and thens Roo wid faw on page 146

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 67 - Leddy Stair’s Closse, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
An happit weel in shawl an plaid, on page 141

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
skirt, bleck coat an the grey shawl roond her shoothers hid ance
She wappit the kittlin in her shawl. She didnae want tae gan tae
appit the baist siccar in her shawl, tae anely its heid wis stack
bizzom.’ She haudit up the shawl-wappit baist tae her ain blen
4 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
ocks, shawin aff her fantoosh shawl. “I’ll jist leave this wi
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
er Granny whan she crochets a shawl for her wee sister's bairn th
1 matches

Doric

Smith, Derek Northwords Now 43 - Derek Smith, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Doric, poetry
his neebor's shawl a mair modest affair, on page 18

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
it wiusna. She shook aff her shawl, an pulled Matty ower tae her
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
a wash an wupped it in a cosy shawl and handit him tae his mither
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Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
red wi the caal an pulled her shawl a bittie closer. The Laird’
caal an wupped her threedbare shawl tichter aboot her shooders an
€™d nae need o’t. Takin her shawl fae her shooders she bent doo
aipple. Pittin them intae her shawl she wint back up the bank nea
chosen steens back intae her shawl she tied them up intae the ma
7 matches

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
freezing cowld. Here, wrap me shawl about you and sit doon if hid on page 20

1 matches

Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
wi her saft grey shawl. on page 155

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Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
he press, an took oot a white shawl I’d made, years syne, fur h
n yer bairn wull come. An the shawl’s waitin fur ye whan it dis
– took the bairn’s white shawl oot the press, an windit it r
3 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
cups strung tae the waal. Nae shawl hingin bae the dure. Mary Bet on page 51

1 matches

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