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Use in varieties of Scots

violet Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words104 164.8 9 19.9 11.6 0 4.4
Number of occurrences338327 6 2 2 0 1
Number of authors20 10 5 2 2 1

Occurrences of violet 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

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
_ ticket wis foond by a Miss Violet Boakregarde. There wis muckle on page 36
'"Noo, Violet," Mrs Boakregarde said fae th on page 38
"There's Violet Boakregarde!' he heard somebo on page 64
The nixt twa bairns, Violet Boakregarde and Mike Teeveehe on page 68
And Violet Boakregarde, afore tastin her on page 76
Also on pages 93, 96, 98, 102, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 115, 116, 168
37 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
Corries, Hamish Henderson an Violet Jacob tae name a puckle music on page 57

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
the three Baudelaire bairns, Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire w on page 1
Violet Baudelaire, the auldest, like on page 2
tae build. Onybody that kent Violet could tell she wis thinkin aw on page 3
l. He reached ower and tapped Violet on the airm, snappin her oot on page 5
irties. Yin o the things that Violet, Klaus and Sunny liked maist on page 6
Also on pages 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 55, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 85, 86, 87, 88, 92, 94, 95, 97, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 108, 109, 111, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161
281 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
rs. A lassie in oor class wis Violet that was her name, not the co on page 120

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 58 - The Sang o the Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
the wirds o Angus poets like Violet Jacob's Norlan Wind and Helen on page 77

1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
Purple an violet, reid, an orange an blue.
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
ye ken thae ultra-violet rays,
ablow His ultra-violet rays.
2 matches

@ionafyfe tweeted
share a wee video o me singin Violet Jacob's poem The End O't, pit(2020) search twitter

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
ilka time I sing it. A gem by Violet Jacob and Jim Reid.(2016) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
066 ma first car wis a datsun violet n ma auld man hud a datsun ch (2020) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Wis tae mak puir Violet feel richt rotten But it seem on page 15

2 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
ht juist yinyin swallae i the violet lift is t settin efter baisti on page 3

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
The dark violet sky circlin owerheid. on page 1

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
yeukin mair o a feel-gype!" a Violet Said, sae suddent-like at Ail on page 27

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Spikk o the Nor East Leid, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Doric, poetry
Violet Jacob, J.C. Milne, aa in the
1 matches

Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
yellow, green, blue ,indigo, violet on page 79

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
sed that the man was wearan a violet cloak. He didna seem the leas
1 matches

Shetland

Williamson, Christie Da windirs o technology, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Shetland - Yell, poetry
at Violet’s fingirs
1 matches

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
group o young fokk planted da violet willows in da Voar o 2007. Fe
1 matches

Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Violet, guid freen, on page 26

1 matches

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