ghaist | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Occurences normalised per million words | 20.9 | 28.8 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 | 17.7 | |
Number of occurrences | 67 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
Number of authors | 35 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
will ye feel ma ghaist on page 8
yer ghaist on page 50
O Ghaist, hangit cluit-first on page 54
Ghaist o naebody, on page 55
The unpossible vizzie? The ghaist-sea, glentin green? on page 88
5 matches
Cameron, Peter Lallans 82 - Nevermas, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
This stane toun the ghaist o a stane, on page 25
1 matches
McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
-cauld an his face white is a ghaist gaed iz a fleg. It wis than t on page 24
1 matches
Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Or ghaist? on page 25
1 matches
Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ghaist blate an a keek on page 58
the snaw-ghaist made o flesh. on page 65
a ghaist o a chi mi thu fae the Minch, on page 77
3 matches
Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ae inside the fermhous an the ghaist-white face o a man, his heid on page 60
1 matches
Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
'A ghaist, a bogle, risin fae the deid! on page 50
1 matches
Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Folk said, that thon ghaist-hauntit hill Loomin hazily in on page 13
urk fisher's boat Growes ti a ghaist-ship on the seas: on page 29
2 matches
Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
The Ghaist on page 32
1 matches
McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
Nae dashelt ghaist-whisperin wrack swept on page 16
1 matches
Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Implacable; a great, grey ghaist o steel. on page 27
in at the bathroom's mirrored ghaist; on page 52
2 matches
Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
icht shuirly, and ony kindred ghaist or star spirit walks oot tae on page 21
1 matches
Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
h-black, Violet looked like a ghaist, her white waddin dress drift on page 157
1 matches
Fitt, Matthew Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Saw a ghaist, on page 21
1 matches
Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Jean: The ghaist o Lord Bothwell's on ye, on page 35
3 matches
Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
a thrawn, persistent ghaist. on page 5
1 matches
Capener, Jack Eemis Stane 1 - Syne, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Dissipatin ghaist ae lang-gane flames, on page 10
1 matches
Liddell, Faith Eemis Stane 1 - Ghaist Yairn, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Less ghaist, mair jist the man. on page 19
1 matches
Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
But lie-lown seelence o a ghaist, on page 10
1 matches
Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
We mak a ghaist dance when we pray on page 97
1 matches
Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
The ghaist yowl o the last wold, on page 79
1 matches
Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
o'ergane (a grugous tig). His ghaist ettils for ti forgether wi hi on page 137
enn, the laird meets him as a ghaist wi his thrappil cut, an wha, on page 138
ers. Lord Derwent kythes as a ghaist til his leddie an tells hir o on page 140
3 matches
Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
Hecky's gizz wis white's a ghaist. He set thare, stouned, or th on page 58
1 matches
Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ordnar an e’en disappyntin ghaist storie. It cums frae a weidae
on, forby, o coorse). But his ghaist veisits hir ti assuir aw wul
ed Chamber’ is anither braw ghaist-storie. The narrator is verra
faws oot that Browne saw the ghaist o a wumman wi a gash, creimin
4 matches
Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
Ghaist, ghoul.
1 matches
Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
™s aa kins o orra craiturs, a ghaist or a deil or whitiver. Thatâ€
1 matches
Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
Like the ghaist o Jacob Marley weirin its chy
1 matches
Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
is there onything mair than a ghaist left ye? Weel, actually, ay.
1 matches
Heather, Alistair The ghaist lichts, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
The ghaist lichts
a stream o lichts. Wee dottit ghaist lichts comin doun the side o
daurk Trotternish ridge. The ghaist lichts ar back, streamin aff
ot their minds: these war the ghaist lichts back ance mair!
Staffin still speak aboot the ghaist lichts, an hou they predictit
5 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
lie, she's gaun tae screive a ghaist story, set in the aichteen hu
1 matches
Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
. On the landin stuid a white ghaist - or at least it luikit like
or at least it luikit like a ghaist till he saw it wis a bit ladd
2 matches
@LairnScots tweeted
Dook fir aipples, listen tae ghaist stories, lairn aboot the deil (2019) twitter link
e Alan Bissett readin oot his ghaist stories. Braw lesson starter (2017) twitter link
ans tae tell some o their ain ghaist stories at Hallaeen. Why no y (2017) twitter link
Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
creepit in o't, a great grey ghaist o a bawd, like the lang-shank
1 matches
Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
r ago. Sae fit wis I seein? A ghaist – an apparition – or wis
1 matches
Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
ootside wi oot bargin intae a ghaist, or a bogle, or a brownie, or on page 13
1 matches
@the_gellick tweeted
A wee ghaist story for mair confident Ulst (2014) twitter link