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Use in varieties of Scots

witchcraft Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.4 2.5 0 29.8 0 0 0
Number of occurrences85 0 3 0 0 0
Number of authors5 3 2

Occurrences of witchcraft in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
unshair o the very chairge o witchcraft itsel, an moved ower tae the on page 98

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
"Is this aboot witchcraft? Religion? on page 112

2 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ngle quotation fae Sharpe’s Witchcraft Trials (1695) By the way his
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
meanin ‘magic, enchantment, witchcraft; a spell, especially one affe
1 matches

Orkney

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - Five Signs, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
signs, there er five signs o witchcraft... on page 15

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
her that the weemen accused o witchcraft wirna unkan. Maggie could bee on page 34

2 matches

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