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bairnies Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15 14.9 27.1 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences4829 18 0 0 1 0
Number of authors25 18 6 1

Occurrences of bairnies in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
Then happy bairnies hameward rowed on page 6

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
ayed ma lainsel or wi the wee bairnies thit didnae gaun tae the scui on page 22

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Jist tae keep the bairnies happy. on page 5
While tottie bairnies faur and near on page 34

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
cht Miss Honey, how aften wee bairnies hae flauchts o fancy like tho on page 166

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
his factory. And sae, dearest bairnies, as soon as | discovered that on page 81
wee scunners awa. Three guid bairnies left. I think we'd better get on page 116
and hunners o Heedrum-Hodrum bairnies nae mair than fower inches ta on page 140
Sae faur as bairnies are concernt, on page 157
Oor darlin bairnies? Please explain!" on page 158
Also on pages 159
6 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Twin bairnies, yelpin, no singin like linti on page 70

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
an cried "Fareweel ma bairnies on page 37
whit set us bairnies laffin. on page 40

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Hae bairnies o their ain on page 68

1 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
, the women, an jist like the bairnies, forbye! on page 43

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
ae the playgrun and hame, ae bairnies and grannies anaw. Scots is a on page 3

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
the Guidman hissel, see, hes bairnies sae braw on page 25

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
O tirn yer een tae whaur yer bairnies stan. on page 33

1 matches

Templeton, Sheila Lallans 73 - Lairnin About Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Even the bairnies didnae ask. on page 55

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
lage, like the linn whaur twa bairnies were droont, an the wuid whau
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
or aw the wee bairnies'll be broken-hearted."
Fur sake o the bairnies we'll gie ower the strikin
Tae gar guidwives an bairnies squeal.
3 matches

Mc Rae, Thomas The Neep Lantern, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
’ he sed, “Cum awa’ in, bairnies! Show us whoat Ye cun dae!”
1 matches

Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ster and stervin sackless wee bairnies that canna get naething tae e
1 matches

solonggaybowser Merlin's Bairns, (archiveofourown.org 2020) Central, prose
"Gled A kin finally meet thae bairnies... A'm howpin they like me!"
1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. , (no publisher recorded 2017) Central, poetry
The bairnies war courie’t fou warm ’ne
1 matches

Doric

Reid, Adeline Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Clootie Duff, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Us bairnies lookit up tae her the perfect on page 20

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
NALD AND MARGARET I hiv fower bairnies in the hoose Bit twa are at t on page 15

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ite hunkies an broken-hairtit bairnies greetin fir a loast grunny or on page 76

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
p an gied oot e wird att aa e bairnies in Bethlehem an e cuntra roon on page 8
peace, they'll be ca'ed God's bairnies; on page 11
d dee ye ill. Syne ye'll be e bairnies o yer Fadder in hivven, cause on page 12
en did A wint tae gaither yer bairnies thegither as a hen gaithers h on page 105
An fowk brocht bairnies till him, att he mith pit a h on page 110
Also on pages 113, 115, 119
9 matches

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
y an are firmly a pairt o the bairnies' play;
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
We're anely bairnies cam tae play,
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ar eesed tilt an wad takk the bairnies in till the hale stramash wis
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Oot cam the bairnies’ bowls, an on gaed Lowpity
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
an reid azaleas dreip as bairnies greit.
1 matches

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