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The word 'fiddler'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fiddlerOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72917
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 2
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 22.2 5 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 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) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of fiddler in Corpus

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gallows Ha - Dance tae the End, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
The fiddler is scrapan the bow on the str on page 27

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gallows Ha - The Weather Dance, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Noo the fiddler's ready let's begin wans more on page 28

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The fiddler is scrapan the bow on the str on page 153

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Noo the fiddler's ready let's begin wans more on page 154

1 matches

Shetland

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
fyshermen castin a flee or a fiddler draain a bow. Bit dan life do
1 matches

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
orse, we wir still tae see da Fiddler’s Den. Michael wis eart ken
standin on da ston daek o da Fiddler’s Den pretendin tae play da
2 matches

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Usually a trowie rant has wan fiddler but dere wis a dizen. You cou
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
definsive, an ye dinna gie a fiddler's fart fit ye come awa wi." on page 29

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
that! Brian hid swack hauns, fiddler's hauns. He did little else b
her wame in his swack, fite, fiddler's fingers.
2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
it rare tae see local loon an fiddler @PaulAnd79837722 in Whisky Ga(2017)

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
9 Dar Oma A cam a tinkie fiddler fir Ye A fiddled aw day an th on page 3

2 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
s auldest mannie tae Tarland fiddler Paul Anderson an the cheery s
1 matches

(South) East Central

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
Moon, that taks in singer an fiddler, Gillian Frame an piper Simon
1 matches

West Central

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
nnae hae tae be a singer or a fiddler or ony ither kin o skeelie bo on page 56

2 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
, jist a bald accordian and a fiddler wi lang scraggy hair. Tae be
The accordion player and the fiddler pit doon their instruments an
wis aboot tae faint when the fiddler spoke: “Well, well, well bo
3 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ld mounds or sithean. Monie a fiddler or piper is said tae hae been on page 29

1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
he Green Room". The Norwegian fiddler an some auld pished Scottish on page 3

3 matches

General Central

Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
Dis the fiddler think he has me? on page 55

1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
itba) an I amna a sangster or fiddler - gin I walked I wad be a pa(2020)

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Auld Wattie wis ae tallentit fiddler an whan ma muther wis young;
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
n, Ernie Scott, Jackie “tha fiddler” Donnan an sum ither yins w
1 matches

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