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covenanters Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.7 27.6 3.2 0 0 10.9 13.3
Number of occurrences5852 2 0 0 1 3
Number of authors14 9 1 1 3

Occurrences of covenanters in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
eiven hunner airmed an thrawn Covenanters battlin throu drivin wind an on page 26
on Rullion Green, nine hunner Covenanters puirly-airmed wi scythes, pik on page 27
irt o that ill-staured band o Covenanters on their fatefu mairch tae Em on page 30
ously for the hingin o aa the Covenanters ta'en at Rullion Green, an ha on page 35
troops wis dumfounert tae fin Covenanters on their feet prepared for ba on page 36
Also on pages 37, 38, 39, 45, 51, 52, 53, 58, 61
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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
wis widely believed amang the Covenanters, that Clavers led his troops on page 117

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
ents o wast country an Ulster covenanters that wes fleggit an feart wes on page 10

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
r us or think wir bonnie. The Covenanters! Pair sowels an they makkit c on page 45

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
(throu the Border reivers an Covenanters) an the uiss o Bruce an Walla on page 110

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Thom, Williamina Lallans 75 - Oor Tibby Pagan, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, weans
e Lass o Ballachmyle, tae the Covenanters.
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Covenanters
is ane of the maist weel kent Covenanters and frein o Richard Cameron.
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Duncan, Robert Peeweep, (Wigtown 2015) Central - Lumphinnans, poetry
caaed it the Covenanters’ bane,
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Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
o struggle the persecution o Covenanters wis ower. It wis chainged tim

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
tae feenish aff the rebels or Covenanters as they wur kent. Thur wis ar

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
a Conventicle in memory o the Covenanters stand against John Graham o C
ers. It wis a success fur the Covenanters but sadly it wud be thur only

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
wis ane o the maist important Covenanters, had his D day.
tured as mony he believed wur Covenanters. It wis definitely if ye’re
mibbe mind a marsh helped the Covenanters at Drumclog.
9 Covenanters an 28 troopers wur deid … S

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
A monument for the Covenanters was erected in Deerness in 18

Facebook link ( 2020) Central
Accused o bein Covenanters they didna denie it an refuse

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
Richt noo the Covenanters are sittin on the banks o the

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
It didna last lang but the Covenanters killed mair than 28 troopers

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
ht at Bothwell Brig whaur the Covenanters wur annilhilated. Aifter that

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
. Little wunner when the pair Covenanters hud haurly ony ammunition or

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
so ah hud dscriptions o local Covenanters, maist whae met a sad end.
rk itsel the memorial tae the Covenanters hus that mony names they cove

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
a funeral in the Kirk whaur 8 covenanters are buried.
think aboot the past when the Covenanters taen tae the fields and hills

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
sivventy men an weemin – aa Covenanters – were crooded inti that bl
an mak on they were the deid covenanters. But Katiebella – the feel
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Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
storie gans at ae haunt o the Covenanters wis tae tryst i the hoose, it
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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
nt frae the Anglicans tae the Covenanters at the time o the Spanish Inf on page 1

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Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
er was a scoot-hole for thran Covenanters, or a place that Scotch folk
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@the_gellick tweeted
gie them a quare skelp. Hence Covenanters, 1798, Paisley... (2015) twitter link

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