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The word 'riddles'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
riddlesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.9138
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 62.8 2 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)

Occurrences of riddles in Corpus

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Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Dansan a polka and singan in riddles on page 90

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
e lik corn, 'jst as e fairmer riddles e gweed corn fae e caff. Bit on page 117

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
eeder. Grain fell doon on tae riddles that
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
snails, we're a' like slogie-riddles; like hawks to do evil, like
s to do good, and like slogie-riddles that let through a' the good
2 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
aboot wastin fowk's time wae riddles that've no goat answers?" on page 69

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
Reivin his riddles, devoorin his dreams? on page 13

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
'm gied they've stertit daein riddles-TI ettle I jalouse that," she on page 44

2 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
'm gled they've sterted askin riddles-Ah believe Ah can guess that, on page 67
id, "than wastin eet in askin riddles that hae nae answers." on page 69

2 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
m gled they hae stairtet axin riddles - A think A know that," shae on page 68
ae said, "than wastin it axin riddles that hae nae answer." on page 70

2 matches

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