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The word 'skull'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
skullOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus14.54825
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 3
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 2
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 3
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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) 819.7 16 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 10 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of skull in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
through the skull-sized window, compete on page 25
I could pick up me skull - on page 28

2 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A mush inside me skull, on page 109

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Lallans 67 - Fower Poems efter Rilke, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Orkney, poetry
he black shako wi hid's ivory skull. on page 58

1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
TIRRICK SKULL on page 28

1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
discovery o an elusive Diplo Skull my island’s fossil collectio (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
, I'd say she's fractured her skull,' he telt Granny Bruce, snipp
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
thick as a fountain pen wi a skull and crossbones and one word:
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
radle his bairnie in a tattie skull? Na, na, it's nae richt - bi on page 30

1 matches

General Northern

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
enough tae burst yer skull crimson. on page 33

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
unken in roon his moo, like a skull, covered wi a thin happen o s on page 51

1 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
l fitbaa made tae look like a skull an the Royals an lairdies wor
1 matches

North East Central

Valentine, Lynn Lallans 104 - Luve Sang o thi Har and New Year Neebors, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
air, lang lugs weldit tae his skull. on page 28

1 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
tertit tae clep mitts tae hes skull. on page 35
rookit lint stack oan hes cut skull. 'Bide abee,' she telt him. ' on page 36

2 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 71 - O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
yalla skin streikit owre his skull, an yon eerie kennin kin o sm
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
n like a warm bree inside her skull, and her een © had turnt sca on page 219

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
actual studyin; she'd her mad skull an cross bones earphones on o on page 169

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
, makar. Syne, he compares ‘Skull Sang’ wi MacDiarmid’s ‘
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
punted again fae thi screamin skull on page 63

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 70 - The Primped Skull, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
The Primped Skull
the Cause noo a primped skull – ilka clan
2 matches

Glasgow

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
es present an on-line inby ma skull – Ah check tae verify, ye k
1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
eid, an shatterit the giant's skull intae a hunner pieces wi yin on page 14

5 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
l us aff as slaves fur £12 a skull. Talk aboot huvin a price on

South West (Galloway)

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 3, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
n the Western wae a fractured skull. It's no exackly lucky-white-
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
McBane's Skull on page 8
McBane's Skull on page 9
her phone, she foond tha oul skull on page 10
An a grinnin white skull wi twa dairk hollae een, on page 11
Aa because o tha skull o McBane. on page 12
Also on pages 16, 22
16 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
Stane skull in the aul kirkyaird. If you (2014) twitter link