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veins Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.8 15.6 14.9 0 23.2 0 0
Number of occurrences4531 10 0 4 0 0
Number of authors30 18 9 3

Occurrences of veins in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ny but still wae a wee bit ae veins showin where he's done the du on page 8
ike a terrain map ae varicose veins fae the smokin n shoutin at w on page 49

2 matches

Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
I felt their braith enter my veins on page 66

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
y i the sooch, ti the delicat veins on page 43

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
andreline pumpin through yur veins, and the world seems like a t on page 14
nin tae face ma direction the veins in Aldo's hied are pulsatin a on page 75
el the rage flowin through ma veins like lava doon a volcano, rea on page 137
s ice water rushin through ma veins. "Ah'm gonnae be seein that b on page 180

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Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
yer veins. Listen, it tells us aa the s on page 196

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
But no in meh veins, thi rye buck booze on page 6

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
d warrior must hae run in the veins o the weel-kennt Neddie Scrym on page 21

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
r. Yi can see aw the big blue veins - in his feet lik sumdy's dr on page 11

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Still floods our veins, an nevvir will abate. on page 129

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
spirit's wishes bottelt up in veins o gowd on page 15

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ones, bulgin purple and green veins and arteries. Da hud always b on page 43

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Thrombotic clats in auld leaf-veins, on page 2
Reid veins wax stith, sair hairts by aff on page 31
Tae cuil the lowe o souple veins, on page 73

3 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
rush throu ma veins. on page 14

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Trinkle throu my drouchtit veins, on page 17

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Annan whase birthy bluid an veins on page 21

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
r. Yi can see aw the big blue veins in his feet lik sumdy’s dre
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
kin’s near translucent; her veins an bones’ definition protru
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
doon, aw intense as fuck, the veins oan his heid pulsatin. The cu
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
. Adrenalin pulses through ma veins gien me a heightened state ay
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e times oer wae the amount ay veins oan display under the shroud
1 matches

Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
e claith o the earth. A web o veins channelled life intae ilka ai
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
r an haudins the bluid in yer veins;
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
edcover, bones stickn oot and veins showin through. Ah took his h
Blue veins criss-crossed the back of her
he back of her haun. Why were veins blue when blood wis red?
3 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
n. She's got nae bleed in her veins, an her hairt's made o steen. on page 40

1 matches

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
: 'fir the bluid leaps in mah veins, when ...' the door opens. En on page 40

1 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
e the bluid that croons i Yer veins wairmin me on page 3

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
o worth faa's bleed is in oor veins. on page 27

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Se file ere's bleed in yer veins an breath in yer lungs, on page 32

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
while the sap silts in her veins on page 60

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
en cushion, puir Myra hid nae veins left tae makk ony eese o in h
e pooshion they shot up their veins sookit ooto them aa sense o r
2 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
lifetime’s work!” an the veins on his foreheid were poppin u
1 matches

Rumbles, Brodie-Anne Recordin on Beep, (Scots Hoose 2022) Doric - Banff, weans
epin, seepin fae my verra ain veins. I glance tae deek the gless
1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
de saat dat coorses trowe dy veins is de lifeblöd o an aulder c on page 14
Mibbe it's dat mön i dy veins, a lump i de blöd whit set d on page 42

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
hock awa, an du'll fin veins on page 107

1 matches

Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
in his veins, his hert pumpin fae da rush
1 matches

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