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The word 'mason'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
masonOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.32112
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 74.7 7 2
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
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)

Occurrences of mason 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.

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
lump o marble cloored bi some mason's skeely haan, doon here a cr on page 40

1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
The stane mason Donald MacLeod scrieved the f
1 matches

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Epistle to Jimmy Mason
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
L's faither's Orange Lodge an Mason's manuals), new lyrics tae au
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
moothed oot the edges. Monica Mason is a stunner, nae denyin it. on page 26
a taxi tae bang intae Monica Mason. A score well spent, ma full on page 40

2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
tten himsel apprenticed tae a mason in Douglas, an wis nou weel o on page 75
n, but efterhaun, guid steady mason watk micht be ill tae come by on page 77
Nearin the end o his mason's apprenticeship, Hugh had na on page 78
tae hae prospects, baith as a mason - for ye hae dune some guid on page 80

6 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
his granfaither wis a maister mason an afore him there wis soutar on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Thon giant mason neer flinchit. Winter turnit on page 14

1 matches

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
John Mason (SNP) - 18 Juin 2024 - tae on page 1

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - In Liverpool Cathedral, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
I see a sign o the mason's iron, on page 102
The mason's mell gae't clinkin on on page 103

3 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
utch name. He wesna a skeelie mason, at's for shuir! on page 91

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
The mason's skills adorn on page 12
A mason o' some skill on page 28

2 matches

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