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stalk Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.8 7.5 1.5 0 0 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences1915 1 0 0 1 2
Number of authors16 12 1 1 2

Occurrences of stalk in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ae neck, that came up like a stalk oot aea sea o green leaves fa on page 51

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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Stalk, rush, chomp and crunch, on page 32

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
uckle lang neck, risin like a stalk oot o a sea o green leaves fa on page 44

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
'Look up the tap! The bean stalk's stowed on page 15
And scrammled up the beanie stalk. on page 19

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
ith fierce lament; Dark forms stalk through the night. on page 6

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Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
A lane stalk o seaweed, on page 200

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
e Clan an inevitable Facebook stalk now there's even more water u on page 90

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
e aye likit kale, an yin lest stalk wullnae dae onie herm. She mi on page 79

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MacKenzie, Douglas Eemis Stane 1 - Puir Finch, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
While I for hours the burdies stalk on page 13

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Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
pairty, he haein watched them stalk the strath, deith mairchin th
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Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
g story shoart, he muffed his stalk and got a kick in the heid. P
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Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
lik a stalk o rock,
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e absently-mindedly pu’ed a stalk o parsley that had been lat r
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Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
wheech seemed till mse lek a stalk oot o a sea o green leaves at on page 49

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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
, which seemed tae rise lik a stalk oot o a sea o green leaves th on page 50

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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
an yince wunnered if she shud stalk the loanen efter on page 59

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