torch | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 9.1 | 9.8 | 9 | 9.9 | 0 | 20.7 | 4.4 | |
Number of occurrences | 29 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
Number of authors | 21 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
Yin o them shone a torch on the hole, and there on the on page 13
. Ilka man'll hae a gun and a torch. There'll be nae wey oot then on page 33
2 matches
Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
l alive, Klaus used tae tak a torch tae bed wi him and coorie in on page 93
2 matches
Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
rds and jaggin wi the bleezin torch, Hercules and Iolaus focht th on page 13
1 matches
Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - The Tartanic, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
ma braw cooker fur a weldin torch.
1 matches
Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
that covered. Someone found a torch, and we signalled in Morse Co
1 matches
Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
on, he pit mony ferms tae the torch. Wallace, guairdian o the Sco
1 matches
Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
tae do – signals: I flash a torch in the sky at night, I count
ight again. I better flash my torch, blink my eyes, and I see the
I flash my torch, looking and looking till I f
3 matches
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
. Riskin a glimmer o Bill’s torch, they fund a daurk niche a we
he noticed me switching on my torch - inside my pocket, on the f
urk. She wadna daured yaise a torch e’en gin she’d had yin. C
3 matches
Facebook link ( 2019) Central
tanes, in the daurk withoot a torch but we got ther an back witho
Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
r ae light peerin in shines a torch oan his battered and bruised
1 matches
@LairnScots tweeted
ch the big light aff, pit the torch ablow yer chin an giese yer b (2020) twitter link
@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ame 2 morro night n av got ma torch - n the views top drawer acc (2020) twitter link
Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
on the very same nicht as the torch-totin lynch-mob turnt up wi n on page 118
1 matches
Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
he lavvies - ye had ti tak a torch or matches, an if ye were lik on page 75
1 matches
Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
yer face, but we had a gweed torch an we got there aa richt.
An aff they gaed, takin the torch wi them.
2 matches
Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
, jist efter derk, cairryin a torch an a bowl o rice tae offer ta
1 matches
@StuartPoet tweeted
I've been asked to carry yon torch @handsupfortrad @UlsterScotsA(2020) search twitter