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Use in varieties of Scots

widow Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.8 2.5 4.4 39.7 11.6 0 7.7
Number of occurrences165 3 4 2 0 2
Number of authors15 5 3 4 2 1

Occurrences of widow in Corpus

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Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
'Widow of an Elgin Hairdresser.' on page 100

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
ts meant nothing tae him. The widow lady who was the mither of th on page 3

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
various fowk an stayit wi the widow o Principal McCormick at St A on page 26

1 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ked the bucket, Elsie(Sid’s widow) couldnae cope wi haen a teen
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ky is stiflin the moon like a widow’s veil coverin her auld cou
1 matches

Doric

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
wi a widow's peak that maks on page 35

1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
on ti yon harbour wi ma black widow catapult . Fit rare fun we hi(2020) search twitter

@McGoo1888 tweeted
..and it was covered in black widow spiders...the females are bro (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
a widow, a mither, on page 8

1 matches

Tait, Ruth Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Hur neem wis Kit Huntlin - a widow on page 9

1 matches

Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
o his widow sayan, ah'm come on page 18

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
Dursley crept tae the bedroom widow and peered doon intae the fro
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
suddenly in his sleep, an his widow selt da business on page 39

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
widow or, mair lik, Live dangerousl on page 25

1 matches

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Tha widow ushered mae wi'in on page 50

2 matches

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