| pins | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Corpus | 6.5 | 21 | 16 |
| ORK - Orkney | 39.7 | 4 | 3 |
| SHD - Shetland | |||
| TON - Tonge | |||
| NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | |||
| NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
| MNA - Mid Northern A | 3.3 | 1 | 1 |
| MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
| SNO - South Northern | |||
| ABN - Aberdeen | |||
| DOR - General Northern | 13.3 | 3 | 3 |
| NEC - North East Central | |||
| SEC - (South) East Central | |||
| WCE - West Central | 9.2 | 2 | 1 |
| DUN - Dundee | |||
| EDN - Edinburgh | |||
| GLA - Glasgow | 9.1 | 2 | 2 |
| AYR - Ayrshire | |||
| LAL - General Central | 9.3 | 7 | 4 |
| SEA - South East (Borders) | 12.5 | 1 | 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) | 32.8 | 1 | 1 |
| GUL - General Ulster | |||
| SYN - Synthetic (no region) |
Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
'll walk the owld dog aff his pins. on page 18
the go, poor Jim gaed aff his pins. on page 25
2 matches
Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
The radio coughed up hid's pins-an-needles As we danced throu on page 6
1 matches
@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
TerryMacMusic gie peely wally pins min! Ye canna beat a wee gami(2016)
@fittiecrooners tweeted
chat! Nae chunce! Rather poke pins in ma heed(2018)
Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e broon hair, eh? Look at the pins oan it.’ he sais, ‘Here M
1 matches
McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ot the watter. A raise tae ma pins an streetcht. It wis a sair s on page 25
1 matches
Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
HUFFALAMP: "Oh! (On heckle-pins): 'I - I thocht it wis a tra on page 43
on the brig were aw on heckle-pins. They looked and looked...and on page 93
2 matches
Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
Tod. 'Dinna keep us on heckle-pins!' on page 35
1 matches
Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
jewellery sic as brooches and pins, possibly in silver, forby. I
1 matches
Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
ein it laldie wi bent knittin pins.
1 matches