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Use in varieties of Scots

superstitious Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.9 1.5 4.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences63 3 0 0 0 0
Number of authors4 2 2

Occurrences of superstitious in Corpus

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Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
t the fisher folk are aw geiy superstitious an' there's a lot o' things y on page 32

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
wit o a mensefu hedonist, an superstitious raisonneur. As verse letters, on page 101
Or blame sic superstitious quackery. on page 142

2 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
it kent fine he didna haud wi superstitious styte an anely tholed the how
ched an telt her ma it wis aa superstitious styte. The snaa wis dingin on
2 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
Grunny is SERIOUSLY superstitious.
1 matches

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