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Use in varieties of Scots

silk Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.6 15.6 7.5 19.9 0 31 0
Number of occurrences4131 5 2 0 3 0
Number of authors26 19 4 2 1

Occurrences of silk in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
'Gin I had a silk gravat,' he said, 'I coud hap on page 48

1 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Hair saft as silk, on page 11
Silk downy heids an daurk een wide on page 16

2 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
Ye needna glaum at ma silk goon on page 40

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
iltit plaid wis hingin a reid silk tunic weavit wi roarin lions on page 14

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
s name oan it. The cross. The silk. That funny smell. on page 7

2 matches

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
silk slippers oan her feet on page 17

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Makkin eddies roond a scrap o silk drawers on page 53

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
t in a bun An covered it wi a silk heidsquare. on page 31
erfume an her homework an her silk bikini when we were on holida on page 88

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
en o Sheba, puffin away oan a Silk Cut cigarette while hur gold on page 26

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Than silk wun his lang craig, his forfe on page 37

1 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
t forty. She wore nice claes, silk blouses wi lace collars, a st on page 120

3 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
g's suin cam ben, claithed in silk an saitin, an wi a gowden chy on page 42

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
a voice as saft and sonsie as silk, "The tree ye seek, Hercules, on page 45

1 matches

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
threid tae weave the gounie, silk saft as butterflee wings, and on page 59
ht. And check oot the jaikit. Silk sae fine ye cannae feel it." on page 63

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Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
Emperor's bed, on a brawsome silk cushion. The Emperor hummed a on page 104
year bird wis left oot on its silk cushion, whaur it did nowt bu on page 106

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Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
nsteid, sailin like priceless silk loosed intae the mirkenin dar
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
a smooth ba’, row’d in silk frae ma mithir’s auld scarf
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
nin they war trackin the auld Silk Road route alang the suddren
t her - aa the colours o the Silk Road, a wheen fair types lik
erly tae China alang the auld Silk Road wis strickly for the wei
3 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
et,” she said in a swoosh o silk and fur. Now Hazel wisnae a t
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
. This hing looks softer than silk and fit fur a kings erse. Ah
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
nt textures. Ere's aathin fae silk te corduroy - ilky han-stitc on page 79

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Robb, Lydia AUNTIE BEAN UNDRESSES, (Association for Scottish Literary Studies 2005 ISBN: 978-0948877698) Doric - Arbroath, poetry
the creak o her styes. Silk on page 123

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
g doon her back like a linn o silk. Syne the scent that yoamed a
brawly riggit oot in Japanee silk. Bit she luikit trauchelt an
2 matches

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
ite, an’ it looked jist lik silk.
1 matches

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
whar the dream breathes in silk on page 7

1 matches

Brown, Moyra Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Green silk cushion on mother's bedroom c on page 29

1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
e feathers like the glisterin silk, on page 39

1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
an cleid oorsells in gouns o silk an saitin.
An nou Ah hae rowth o silk an grain
2 matches

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