| bones | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Corpus | 17.2 | 57 | 36 |
| ORK - Orkney | 89.4 | 9 | 5 |
| SHD - Shetland | |||
| TON - Tonge | |||
| NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | 35.2 | 1 | 1 |
| NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
| MNA - Mid Northern A | 3.3 | 1 | 1 |
| MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
| SNO - South Northern | 325.5 | 2 | 1 |
| ABN - Aberdeen | 21 | 2 | 1 |
| DOR - General Northern | 13.3 | 3 | 3 |
| NEC - North East Central | |||
| SEC - (South) East Central | 7.7 | 3 | 3 |
| WCE - West Central | 35.5 | 8 | 3 |
| DUN - Dundee | 10.6 | 1 | 1 |
| EDN - Edinburgh | 18.6 | 3 | 3 |
| GLA - Glasgow | 50.2 | 10 | 5 |
| AYR - Ayrshire | 10.7 | 1 | 1 |
| LAL - General Central | 13.1 | 10 | 6 |
| SEA - South East (Borders) | 12.1 | 1 | 1 |
| SWE - South West (Galloway) | 13.9 | 1 | 1 |
| DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) | |||
| WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) | |||
| CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) | 31.4 | 1 | 1 |
| BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) | |||
| SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) | |||
| BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast) | |||
| PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) | |||
| EUL - East Antrim (Larne) | |||
| GUL - General Ulster | |||
| SYN - Synthetic (no region) |
Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
Tae rot wae the bones o eens geen afore on page 89
1 matches
Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Bloody Tuaks, Dog Bones, Gorehouse on page 11
1 matches
Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ll stones an owld brittle hip bones try on page 98
1 matches
Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Pickin ower the bones fae last night. on page 127
1 matches
Diansangu, Mae Doric, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
wirds peeled aff the bones an wrung fae the
1 matches
@72redz1903 tweeted
summer if weÂ’re picking the bones oar signings sic as Gallagher (2021) twitter link
@fittiecrooners tweeted
ty me, woke up this morning & bones were creaking awa! Cud barely(2019)
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
y man doesn't think about his bones." Aiblins Scots isnae quite h
1 matches
Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
dy, creepin its way intae her bones. She didnae try tae go ootsid
1 matches
Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Ma sister wis lucky that her bones hadnae set properly an the sh on page 12
she'd her mad skull an cross bones earphones on ower her heid, n on page 169
3 matches
Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
Ma sister wis lucky that her bones hadnae set properly an the sh
1 matches
Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
e same an she’d no make any bones aboot it. Ma ma’s like that
1 matches
Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
rin’ whit tae dae wi’ the bones.
ith 'e ma een An turnin’ ma bones tae wobully jelly.
2 matches
Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
awmaist like they were in ma bones. Aye, ye could mibbe acuse me
1 matches
Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
is a far cry fae the skin-and bones pup ah foond last year. In fa
1 matches
Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
face is gorgeous, high cheek bones n big green eyes. She's git o on page 26
me Capsule swimmin! Skindiana Bones yees ur!' on page 30
2 matches
Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
thing wae no much meat on ma bones. A wisnae scary. A wis mare f on page 37
ame shot lasers that made his bones split or something. Wendy did on page 38
2 matches
Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Aw bones and muscles raxin, on page 138
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
chance ah’ll haul the auld bones up there waeoot some sort ay
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ear translucent; her veins an bones’ definition protrudin throu
1 matches
Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
y hip. The aulder ye get, yer bones turn tae dust, ah’m tellin
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
racin through the marra ay ma bones like electricity, pulsin inta
1 matches
Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
MRS BONES Well, me and Mrs Harris wisna
1 matches
Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
pe whar it couldnae o had any bones. I put my hand oot and felt s
way that means it cannae hae bones, how it feels soft but hard a
2 matches
Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
™s haun lyin on the bedcover, bones stickn oot and veins showin t
ot through me till ah felt ma bones shiverin and ah heard a voice
s on ma face, feelin ma cheek bones and eyebrows and the soft fle
3 matches
@g_hibby tweeted
nd it's thon creeps intae yer bones cauld.. :( Anyhoos, advice.. (2023) twitter link
@jax6754 tweeted
ticks an stones may break our bones bur names will never hurt us!(2014)
@Chazzbat tweeted
fer ma likin. Ah cannae bear bones or skin on ma fish. It hus ta(2020)