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tomb Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10 6.7 16.6 0 0 0 35.4
Number of occurrences3213 11 0 0 0 8
Number of authors14 10 3 1

Occurrences of tomb in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

McNeil, Andrew Lallans 58 - Carnegie’s Turning, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Bruce's tomb top on page 122

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
hale room stayed silent as a tomb. on page 160

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ower the Tomb o King Galdus at Torhouse. on page 85

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
In the tomb turned tunnels o the brattach on page 29
nna hiv too much space in the tomb. on page 82

2 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Dinna desecrate ma faither's tomb on page 29

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
prehistoric Orcadians and the tomb builders'. He compares the cl on page 110

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - Napoleon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
aid ye oot athin yer nameless tomb.
1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
An dee tae brak their livin tomb.
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
estate. Sellar lies deid in a tomb at Elgin. The stookie haes ha
t ower it. Patrick Sellar’s tomb wis hit wi a sledgehammer, it
2 matches

Smith, George Electrical Love, (Thi-Wurd 2013) Central, prose
h sits it a table scannin the tomb. We’re in Amsterdam’s Red
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
an dee tae brak their leivin tomb” Pics here bi ma frien, Norm(2020) search twitter

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
ter deid, but escaped fin the tomb wiz opened bi Archie Ologist, on page 40

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
ken us? We needs maun big a tomb, on page 10

2 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
leenin cloot an laid it in a tomb hackit oot o e rock far nae m on page 120
gaster fan they gaed till his tomb an culdna fin his body, an ca on page 121

8 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
en claith, an layed ït ïn a tomb cut oot o tha roak, whar naeb on page 110
o day, tha weemen cum tae tha tomb, an brocht tha spices the' ha on page 111

8 matches

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