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torch Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.1 9.8 9 9.9 0 20.7 4.4
Number of occurrences2919 6 1 0 2 1
Number of authors21 13 4 1 2 1

Occurrences of torch in Corpus

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Central

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
ye couldnae heat it wi a blaw-torch. on page 48

1 matches

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

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ud o his tweezers, a surgical torch Gaed a powkie or twa, a bit r on page 15

1 matches

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

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
twa-three Runrig tapes and a torch that charged hidsel, on page 41

1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ss, an askin fur the len o ae torch; wheech wei
1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
I've been asked to carry yon torch @handsupfortrad @UlsterScotsA(2020) search twitter

Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
tha hen-hoose, so he liftit a torch an gaed oot tae hae a luk. At on page 17

1 matches

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