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Use in varieties of Scots

clubs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words33.3 42 27.2 0 11.6 21.9 13.3
Number of occurrences10379 17 0 2 2 3
Number of authors28 14 8 2 2 2

Occurrences of clubs in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
urst cam ten sodgers cairryin clubs; they were aa shapit like the on page 44

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
jaiket. Startit gaun tae the clubs insteed ae the pubs. It wis e on page 1

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ht awey ah kin see that baith clubs are well supported. Probably on page 105
orth ae notes through Mikey's clubs. So, he sent roond some heavi on page 179

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
auld sangs in hooses, pubs an clubs aw ower Scotland nivver thoch on page 69
ae perform in pubs an at folk clubs an tho ma tastes were aye tae on page 70
vive - think o fiddle-an-box clubs as an exemple, they survive s on page 75

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
The fowk clubs hae played a gey muckle pairt on page 56

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
aith these lads that they had clubs an pistols but baith declined on page 105

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
en though she's never oot the clubs. Kate refused. on page 2

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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
buit o the caur an lifted ma clubs for tae mak ma ettle claer, b on page 125

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ie thocht, "Ane o the biggest clubs in England! Ernie wad be rael on page 65

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
n, juist pit doun the thrie o clubs, the thrie o diamonds an the on page 58

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Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
buit o the caur an lifted my clubs for tae mak my ettle claer, b
g efter, Airchie's howfin his clubs inaby mine in the caur an we'
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
at uphauds oor cultur. Aa the clubs, associes an organeesations w
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Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
in oor care hames, oor miners clubs, oor boolin greens. These dei
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
morphed an evolved intae the clubs.
ose in the West End efter the clubs an want tae keep the party ga
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Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
or a hatred o’ organised ‘clubs’. Or becus I really wanted
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
trade unions, pubs, sporting clubs an ither social clubs. In the
an ither social clubs. In these places ideas spreid
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@IshbelMcF tweeted
ar, wi its ain culture, leid, clubs, history. A community that's (2019) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ar_united tough times for all clubs alas m8 (2020) twitter link
commitment from all the local clubs in the area and beyond to (2021) twitter link
fo - strange views indeed - clubs r doin a fantastic job just n (2020) twitter link
elburghAth aye exactly - the clubs deserve crowds defo - was at (2020) twitter link
too and imo - its high time clubs were allowed limited crowds i (2020) twitter link
and 40 other occurrences.

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
de, 32, single, likes pubs an clubs. WLTM." on page 50

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
, an syne hittin the pubs and clubs." on page 56

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
He jigged in fower clubs a day on page 190

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
rst came ten soldiers carryan clubs; these were all shapeq lek e on page 76

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Shepherd, Robbie Harknin tae the braw souns, (John Benjamin 2000) Doric, newspaper
ation of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs, and afa weel attendit.
The accordion and fiddle clubs aa cam aboot in the 70s, wi i
foun for accordion an fiddle clubs noo dottit aa roun the countr
thy growth o een o the newest clubs on the go.
Clubs in general, as wi heritage so
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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
golf clubs tae practice wi, in case his
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Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
ither’s shooders an throwin clubs til een anither. Weel I wis s
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The Flying Pigs Use of the common good fund for slap-up feed merely follows in grand old tradition, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
jewellery and a set o’ golf clubs).
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@72redz1903 tweeted
ecent there will aye be ither clubs in the mix - jist got tae be (2022) twitter link
nd I’d be surprised if maist clubs dinna follow suit - personal (2020) twitter link
and indulgent, but some o the clubs and their fans need tae look (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
cam wis ten soldiers kerryin clubs; dey wir aa shapit laek da tr on page 80

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Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
da nicht, airmed wi swords an clubs, Whit wye did you no come fir on page 145

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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
irrst came ten sojers carryin clubs; these were aw shaped lik th on page 78

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The Westender Pipin for the Young Yins, (The Hawick Paper 2008) Southern, newspaper
non-members and young yins in clubs was doon tae heavy handedness
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Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
st come ten soldiers cairryin clubs: these wur aal shape't lik th on page 79

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
ach hes a range o' affiliated clubs. The lack o' connectedness is on page 39
boadies an' locail clubs see hoo hit's important tae e on page 48

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