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Use in varieties of Scots

thorns Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.2 8.7 1.5 9.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2017 1 1 1 0 0
Number of authors7 4 1 1 1

Occurrences of thorns in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
'Even flooers wi thorns?' on page 27
'The thorns, whit guid are they?' on page 28
'Flooers hae been growin thorns for millions o years. An for on page 29
nce, whan descrivin her fower thorns, she said tae the wee prince: on page 32
| amna feart o them. I hae my thorns.' on page 36
Also on pages 57, 89
14 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
o stingy-nettles and bramble thorns and lang broon girse. A muckl on page 178

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Ye had nae croon o thorns curled
1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
al was shaped like wolves and thorns that twisted roon a risin sun
1 matches

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
A crown of thorns they wear with pride, an joy on page 10

1 matches

Orkney

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
The branches hiv no thorns on page 108

1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
thorns also and thistles shall it br on page 19

1 matches

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