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Use in varieties of Scots

birks Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.6 8.7 3 0 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences2117 2 0 0 1 1
Number of authors16 13 1 1 1

Occurrences of birks in Corpus

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Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ar a taigle o sauch busses an birks wi muckle sways o breer, bram on page 59

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
; but nearhaun wis a staund o birks tae mak ruif-trees, an sauch on page 50

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
eamin in this airt, Whaur the birks greet throu the souch: on page 29

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
the wind scarts at the birks on page 9
is the souch o the wind throu birks on page 18

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ang the Moness Burn throu the Birks o Aiberfeldy (www.users.zetne on page 65

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 58 - The Sang o the Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
wad wile your hert awa wi The Birks o Invermay, the sang best-loe on page 77

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Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ert Burns forbye the sang The Birks o Invermay. on page 46

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Holton, Brian Lallans 71 - O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
o the hedges, the haws an the birks. It’s naethin out o the com
road; about the haa there’s birks an allers plantit, an at the
2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
roon tippit leafs; the bonnie birks, laden wi shimmerin dreeps o
1 matches

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
wer their acres o heather and birks. Even in places like Sooth Ke
1 matches

Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
s an access tae thaim. Native birks an pines creep further up the
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Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
feastin yer een on the Silver Birks thrang at the roadside, the s
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@DABArbuckle tweeted
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Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
he back eyn o October fin the birks at the roadsides war clouds o on page 51

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ae an dull as dishwatter. The birks in the wids tho war a lowe o
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Birks an sauchs beild the back gair
1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
sneddin tha richt sticks fae birks an sallies on page 50

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