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Use in varieties of Scots

grate Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.6 4 14.8 9.9 0 0 14.5
Number of occurrences228 10 1 0 0 3
Number of authors13 6 4 1 2

Occurrences of grate in Corpus

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Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
An ash in grate. on page 16

1 matches

Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
ht, as the smoort fire in the grate. on page 55

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Bleezin lowe ahin the grate, on page 62

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
And blitzt beside the kitchen grate on page 59
ent, couried doon by the coal grate on page 95
s fat caunles burnin in maw's grate, on page 118

3 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
e o a guid-gaun bleeze in the grate lit up the kitchen an het his on page 17

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ce an the fire bleezin in the grate. The windae shutters an aa th
1 matches

Doric

Abel, Charlie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
s. Cooking wis deen on a wire grate ower a wee fire, an' we drank on page 25

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n the fire wi the Daily. "The grate's the best place fir orra dir on page 67

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Northwords Now 45 - The Win, (Northwords Now 2024) Doric - Peterhead, prose
l eesed fire irons sat by the grate and a polished bou-backit hoo
arin at the dyin ashes in the grate, listenin tae the win howlin
ey an its aal gas fire in the grate. A big high backit cheer wis
3 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
noticed as weel that the fire grate wiz blackleedit tae perfectio
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
€™s bedroom and of course the grate in the gweedroom that wiz niv
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
t get the last heat oot o the grate. She shivered wi the caal an
them oot ontae the caal fire grate then placed the nine stones o
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
mither's fire wi its big iron grate that only nott a puckle peats
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The ashes spilled oot fae the grate near half across the floor on page 25

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
houlin her, starin intae the grate. on page 52

1 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
That seems tae grate on the ear. on page 28
Grate it an meet it wae nae fear, on page 48

2 matches

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