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sunset Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.6 6.7 12.1 49.7 5.8 51.7 8.9
Number of occurrences3413 8 5 1 5 2
Number of authors30 12 6 5 1 4 2

Occurrences of sunset in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
d-moan in the chimley, or the sunset ower the moss on page 18

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
huv parked tae sit an let the sunset feed her een. Ay hungry fur s on page 1

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
So, ride intae yer sunset wae yer crown abune yer heid, on page 73

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
when sunset descends in his marvelous eye on page 43

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Bi sunset the last Land Rover hud left on page 39

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
e thon yin, hair ridin on the sunset like strands o clood abuin th on page ix
Nicker pink as a shepherd's sunset on page 45

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
adin o Lewis Grassic Gibbon's Sunset Song an its wab o Doric. Chri on page 58

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Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Red on Maroon, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
like nichtfa efter a rid sunset on page 111

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
a pert in a productioun o ‘Sunset Song’, an, as late as 1988,
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
The scenery here wis stunnin, sunset o’er the Dalmatian Alps jis
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astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
through aw the shades ay the sunset and the sunrise.
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@billykayscot tweeted
Arbikie is gey close tae Sunset Song kintrae an Lewis Grassic(2020) search twitter

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Sunset Song an the Terminators on page 3

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Tae onybody efter sunset on Setterday nicht
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Shearer, Gillian Skitin Oan Thin Ice, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2019) Doric - Alford, prose
loch aa bonny an pink in the sunset. He wis yon upset he felt his
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Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
o Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s ‘Sunset Song’)
Sunset Song
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
ear The Doric twang spiken in Sunset Song loon @IanPiriepod yer WW(2015) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
terrace the nicht watchin the sunset https://t.co/GzYhTOLvPB(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - The chapel by the burn, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
dis a buddy weat, dreedan the sunset? on page 7

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Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ows glowan, reed and gold, in sunset's fiery light. on page 48

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Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Me luve is like a sunset's on page 121

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Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Blue skies fae sunrise tae sunset on page 130

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Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Homebrew Sunset on page 136

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Shetland

Facebook link (Shetland on Camera 2016) Shetland
da golden rays o da Scatness sunset

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Enhancing natures red sunset on page 47

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Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
the sunset lyke the pairtin o auld feres
in the crammasie sunset---
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@officialAliRed tweeted
). Time for a wee cycle afore sunset. ????????? https://t.co/lobmQ(2020) search twitter

@StuartPoet tweeted
oolie nor doonpour. Jist this sunset. Mair nor eneuch tae fire up (2020) search twitter

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
An staun tae watch the sunset there. on page 38

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King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
tharna play unner a buttercup sunset.
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