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fife Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words39.7 60.6 12.8 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences123114 8 0 1 0 0
Number of authors50 45 4 1

Occurrences of fife in Corpus

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Central

Shepherd, J. Barrie Lallans 82 - Forth Brig, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
ttin it aa the wey across tae Fife. on page 28

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Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
tives made the pilgrimage fae Fife. Sorry for yer loss, a bloody on page 79

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ll by Dunfermline, an in east Fife at Buckhaven, an that o ma ne on page 35
yaized wis that o his native Fife an he wrocht in the stert on on page 37

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MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
Buckhind, Fife. 1941. on page 61

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Fife winds its neck in here. on page 17

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
rd tell that they'd fled frae Fife efter the killin o the turnco on page 35

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
steed makes for the cliffs of Fife The waves rage below. on page 6
rae strand o Nice ti strand o Fife, Ti find his natal hame: on page 9
tinker loun Alang the coast o Fife: on page 11
He saw the bleckened strand o Fife Straiked wi the simmer leams. on page 20
'Fife miners, Aiberdeen quarrymen, on page 25
Also on pages 57, 58, 62, 63
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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
think thi talk wurse ower in Fife on page 115

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Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
available i the Swiss issue o Fife Lines. I wad add that M. Chap on page 5

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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
he ferry ower tae Pettycur in Fife, wis the occasion o a great d on page 25
ey were makkin their wey thru Fife. Their accents markit them oo on page 26
s ower the Tay tae the Paps o Fife and ayont, or up north toward on page 83
ular ferries atween Dundee an Fife. Fer monie years the boats we on page 91
o the sailors o Dundee an the Fife coast had aw been fond o Coss on page 93
Also on pages 122
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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ah leeve in a place in Fife caa'd Kelty, on page 74

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
Pedro Puddock bides in Fife on page 22

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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
p the M90 an alang the Howe o Fife. "See, Airchie, that's whare on page 125

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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife and ither Pairts o the Kinric on page 54

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
ommunities in the like o Wast Fife an Sooth Ayrshire. There, bei on page 7

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Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
days langsyne, the Kingdom o Fife was caad "a beggar's mantle, on page 136

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
North Fife: ye can see it on page 22
bi Britney Spears, Coontess o Fife, on page 84

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
the twa Lomond Hills ower in Fife an ower Penicuik sooth tae th on page 65

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
wrocht as a machineman i the Fife pits (curiously, fir me, he n on page 133

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
s cryed Ceres (no the toun in Fife), Hygiea, Pallas an Vesta. Ce
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
ncipal teacher o English frae Fife, wi his poem The Swallow . It
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ms Mainly from the East Neuk, Fife (Akros, 2007), ane o the lest
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Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
p the M90 an alang the Howe o Fife. "See, Airchie, that's whare
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Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
A piper met her gaun tae Fife,
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
en year-auld Sandy Forbes fae Fife fiddlin alang wi her auntie F
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Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
rie in Buchan an Largoward in Fife baith maks a disteenction atw
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
Brig at North Queensferry in Fife ye can snuve alang the warld
ies Museum in the East Neuk o Fife. (www.scottish-fisheries-muse
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
is tae the cantatation o a Fife-born herd. Cyrano de Bergerac
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Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
es o siller jewellery fund in Fife gar us tak tent o the great a
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
time tae an auld gairdener in Fife. The position on the estate c
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Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
t wi aa this. Whaur I bide in Fife, the worst epithet tae fling
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
er an a ae time maimber o the Fife Communist Pairty. He wrote aw
is life, but published in the Fife Free Press unner the nom de p
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Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
up remindin me ay that day in Fife wae Scanlon; the day the moto
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Hershaw, a teacher steyin in Fife, wi his pamphlet. Winter Song
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
UNNER a sunny Fife sky, an tae the fameeliar soo
on." John Simpson, Convener o Fife Cooncil, spake o Sir Jimmy br
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
an Galowa, Shetland, Buckie, Fife an the Central airts. The oot
e at 57 Station Court, Leven, Fife, KY8 4RP.
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Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Sanct Hub’s, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
in intil ooter space awa ower Fife.
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Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
ithness, fae the Kingdom o’ Fife tae the Gorbals, we dinnae a
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
.1520-1573) belanged a landit Fife faimly an spent years as a so
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Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
born but brocht up maislie in Fife an Pairthshire, Clive Young i
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ngle Labour pairlamentarian i Fife. We’re noo at the stage wha
ory ower the SNP i North-Aist Fife, presumably tappin intae the
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McClurg, Fernando The Great Divide, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ings in Aiberdeen, Edinburgh, Fife etc.” [NB – the SNP wadna
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Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
rlin o passin trains. Furder: Fife toons, the waff an sautie tan
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Facebook link ( 2016) Central
He wis born in the Fife village o Falkland, the son o

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
He wis born in the Fife village o Falkland, the son o

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
The Fife Airms Hotel in Braemar has la
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
twa places, Auchtermuchty in Fife derives fae the Gaelic wirds
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@DavidJWood2 tweeted
e dinnae have rattlesnakes in Fife ????(2020) search twitter
@niallbtwit ??. Fife ya bass ?(2020) search twitter
@PatrickRoden11 Intae Fife. Aye ???(2020) search twitter
usband Eat yir heart oot pal #FIFE ??(2020) search twitter
he safe side and breakfast in Fife. https://t.co/7avK6x7sIj(2020) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
icial Hae a fabby time James?.Fife are lucky tae hae you the nic(2015) search twitter

@IshbelMcF tweeted
ill o Beath, Kelty - aw West Fife. A hink it’s a minin hingmie(2019) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
t him back in his Man Shed in Fife! Send for the brigade o wyce (2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
. Especially aw they folk fae Fife wha dinnae support their loca (2022) twitter link
@billykayscot In the west Fife village o Oakley the Carnock (2022) twitter link
Workers' Socialist Republic o Fife? A wis at Denend Wee Schuil j (2022) twitter link
Scots leid in wee schuils in Fife. A wis appointed by Education (2022) twitter link
talpath #cyclescotland On the Fife coastal path the day wi ma br (2022) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

@billykayscot tweeted
At ma grannies in Bowhill in Fife in the late ‘50s, the Myster(2020) search twitter
is a wee cooper that lived in Fife, nickety nackety noo noo noo,(2020) search twitter
mmy drove a breid van in west Fife in the 1950s an he sellt thai(2020) search twitter
ie_d_ryan ye get that in West Fife as weel... but it’s dinnae k(2020) search twitter
3 @twentysixbux Souns like ma Fife Gran Carruthers. She tellt me(2020) search twitter
and 5 other occurrences.

@DABArbuckle tweeted
uage. Of coorse, you'll be in Fife, ah bide near Falkirk. Jist a(2020) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
ottin wan an Aw! :D an choose Fife! He he https://t.co/ptZ1NL2Gb(2020) search twitter

@MizLiot tweeted
tooedselkie Aye I’ve been in Fife long enough tae ken it’s you (2021) twitter link

@Sinethugcat tweeted
a few brave souls marched fae Fife tae Dundee across the brig. I (2021) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
uage. Of coorse, you'll be in Fife, ah bide near Falkirk. Jist a(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ot allowed to play teams from fife n that sauchie fixtures a sto (2020) twitter link
feat n very long trip today 2 fife - works both ways though - (2020) twitter link
geon exactly m8 - kingdom of fife amateur football leagues play (2020) twitter link
@edinburghpaper the roads to fife shut off again - meanwhile t (2020) twitter link
ing continues at lochgelly in fife (2020) twitter link
and 7 other occurrences.

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
GOT TAE GET YE DOON INTAE FIFE on page 123
Doon in Fife they ir leavin it on page 195

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Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
n Isles wi strang enclaves in Fife, the Borders an Ayrshire.
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The Flying Pigs The ‘Naked Cleaners’ idea is appalling. It’s sexist, demeaning, and at £80 an hour, steep, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
e gaan ony further north than Fife, presumably that extra twa de
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
el_McLachlan I've nae been in Fife for a filey. Last time I got (2019) search twitter

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
squat, bolt-haedit Fife man i da pulpit. on page 30

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