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stone Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words24.4 17.5 11.8 268.3 23.2 72.4 0
Number of occurrences8135 8 27 4 7 0
Number of authors39 21 5 8 3 2

Occurrences of stone in Corpus

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Central

McPartlin, John Lallans 82 - Biggin the Great Nor Road, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
ae pick at aa roads o grushed stone. on page 67

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
stand tae the right wae a big stone courtyard in front. Inside th on page 4
six fit two n aboot fourteen stone. Some ae the elder wans huv g on page 21

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Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
the colour o wax, lips blue, stone deid. Ah'd never seen a deid on page 102

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
These hags, huddled on this stone bench: on page 63

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
No Boris Johnson, Boris John. Stone. It's aboot how that Tory pie on page 53

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Well stone me, fuckin hell on page 100

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ee Tam, six feet an fowerteen stone, on on page 57

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
at me tae eff off, an flung a stone at me an it hit me on the sid on page 80
Wance ah reach nine an a palf stone that's me finito. Nine an a h on page 137
limmin club. She's got half a stone left tae lose. She says wance on page 139

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Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
boyfriend Zander's lasagne is stone cold frozen in the middle. It on page 4

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
but Grannie she wis near stone-deaf on page 40

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
the wash on land, the salt on stone, on page 85

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
his maisterpiece, ‘Heart of Stone’, an o parteiklar merit her
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
Photo of a carved stone featuring an old man with poi
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
, naebody that is excep Jamie Stone MSP (Lib Dem). Naebody apairt
1 matches

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
Literary quotes cut into stone panels as part of the Canonga
Literary quotes cut into stone panels as part of the Canonga
2 matches

Lamb, Darcie T in the Park, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Kirkcaldy, prose
nds oan the bus. A luvved the Stone Roses, Alessia Cara and Catfi
e sweet. The last act wis the Stone Roses, ma favourite band. A'v
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
big speccy, ginger cunt wae a Stone Island jayket oan, an ah real
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
pick oot Second Coming by The Stone Roses an stick it oan tae his
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
, rapid, fae the two eighteen stone lap dugs McNulty hud brought
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
oned oot, takin it aw in, the stone fae the hash, heightenin ma s
semblance ay that mellow wee stone noo eradicated by the adrenal
2 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
warf lords, in their halls of stone,
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
on the train route south from Stone...oh yeah no trains weel Foch(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
@JamesAithie Aboot 6 stone.(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
eadlines - no a didnae - am stone deef lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
t a line, and we raised not a stone
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Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
se big steens?” “It’s a stone circle,” yer auntie tells y
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Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
gid but one howl an fell doon stone, stiff, starin deed! The aal
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
st wi aa honours and the best stone money can buy as her marker!
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ig ugly building made of dark stone and even darker shadows cause
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Have ur pet painted on stone that u can cherish as paperwe(2017) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
ff right off. I'm jist ower 3 stone doon, In the upper healthy bi(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - The chapel by the burn, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Sheu built the chapel, stone by stone. on page 6
A lump o stone in a cloot on page 7

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Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - Five Signs, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
The stone closset is middlin cowld. on page 15

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Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
He picked aap a stone, on page 39
he hoose wis ould, an built o stone, a bittie fae the ferm. on page 77

2 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
r, though me hert felt like a stone, on page 4
xtra inches? I weigh eighteen stone, mibbe more, on page 31
gour and got rid o near seven stone. on page 32
When Stone Age man lurked in his cave, d on page 44
Sheu weighed a massive therty stone and still wis gettan fatter. on page 51
Also on pages 58, 71
8 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
The Loons, The Loch, The Stone O Hinatuin, on page 26

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The Owld Stone Bench on page 25

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
tae the scullery on the cowld stone floor on page 35
You might step on a stone. on page 88

2 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
some simmans an an owld mill stone on page 90
a stone in ids shoe on page 143

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Brown, Moyra Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Climbin the stone stairs sidey-waays beciss I w on page 29

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Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
a stone field, a weet field.' on page 20

1 matches

Nicholson, Hannah Eemis Stane 1 - Dance o da Selkies, (Eemis Stane 2022) Shetland, poetry
Apö da stone, an da men on page 14

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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
y someone. This one is just a stone's throw fae an Iron Age villa(2020) search twitter
Stone Age seafood platter ?? Found (2016) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
THE STONE OF DESTINY on page 28
The Stone was left for a' tae find on page 29

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@officialAliRed tweeted
men at its peak in 1906; the stone was transported by rail. Also(2020) search twitter

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