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Use in varieties of Scots

skuil Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.8 16.4 0 0 0 82.7 4.4
Number of occurrences4132 0 0 0 8 1
Number of authors8 5 2 1

Occurrences of skuil in Corpus

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Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
pals wi Syme an Son, on a new skuil we wis biggin juist ootside t on page 85
ot wha's gaun tae feinish his skuil for him. Tak it frae me he'll on page 86

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
Ian mindit Yakcam frae the skuil job him an Cherlie haed tyauv on page 26

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
the son o a tyler, but efter skuil wes lairnt the tredd o a sout on page 45

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
nse an quinnin, no juist boun-skuil heid skartin. It is approprit on page 11

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
g as a leill Pecht o the auld skuil an traistit ti gie soun avysi on page 46

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
auld halflin no lang oot the skuil. They'd aa been in the War, a on page 65

8 matches

Fyall, Aitken Lallans 58 - The Wa-Ganging o the Meinister, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
coorie richt doon, ahent the skuil wa, on page 80

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
idit at the pynes o leain the skuil an stertin wark (A'l hae ti s on page 9

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
hair twa sels at Grant Street Skuil, ropin windaes. Whan they wis on page 58
ivellin gaffer, cam intil the skuil. on page 59

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ils frae St. Ninians Primarie Skuil, ti be gien wittins anent tha
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
aulder anes) an freind at the skuil. Whan he enters, Woodville is
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
Ma Grannie convoyed me ti skuil on ma first day. We stuid in
sna sae crouse whan A gaed ti skuil fur ma rolment, an wes suin g
na bairns ti benefit frae the skuil, an, o veritie naither masell
bairns. Wi gaun ti the samen skuil an bein neipours, we becam fr
it 1850. Whan he skailed frae skuil, Rab wes prentised as a sklat
10 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
its for ma hauns. Aff tae the skuil like Nanook o the No(2020) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
lik this in hur lessons at th skuil, an tho this wisnae an awfy g on page 9
bit noo an then, "oo went tae skuil in th sea. Th heidteacher was on page 93
tions-in fact, oo went tae th skuil every day - " . on page 93
e. "Ah micht as weil b' at th skuil richt noo." Onyways, she got on page 103

7 matches

Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
fell effect on generations o skuil bairns, an eikit an element o
1 matches

Ulster

@Angelinekking tweeted
hould save masel for thon big skuil up thonner in Coleraine.(2020) search twitter