A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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graves Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.7 9.6 8 0 0 10.9 26.5
Number of occurrences3018 5 0 0 1 6
Number of authors23 14 4 1 4

Occurrences of graves in Corpus

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Central

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
Sang, here we dig graves for our mothers. on page 3

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Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
me saftly frae this muntain o graves? on page 88

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
cratered graves unmarked, Przewodow workin ha on page 77

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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
entury fowk wuid pynt oot the graves o the Nine Maidens in the aul on page 80
robbin the twa graves afore he wis sent fer. Still on page 111

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Yin nicht by the Graves o the Clans at Culloden. on page 5
Amang the graves o lang lost Cooncilors or tik on page 25

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
yaird." I nodded ower tae the graves. "It lands on wir great-grann on page 76

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
near because o the surroundin graves. Thank God. Ah'm already too on page 115

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Jean, ayont oor graves. on page 35

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
yer memory, lie still in yer graves. The fight gans oan, we're ye on page 41

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
ithless vairse bi the likes o Graves, Sassoon an Owen. I'll lae it on page 122

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Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
graves and the corps inbye them conj on page 107

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
a! Ye’ll see us a’ in wur graves yet ... I seen the men come w
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Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
tae pauchle bodies fae their graves. The same is true o Embra’s
wrocht o iron ower the fresh graves. Watch tours sprang up an war
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@OliphantWullie tweeted
re the night spinnin in their graves. Whit a sad day fir AW Fifers (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
rlin an hallucinatin in their graves. Ex @dundeeunitedfc front man(2020) search twitter

Doric

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
e is aye on the go amang thae graves on page 111

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
t ye are! Ye're like unmarkit graves att fowk stravaig owre e heid on page 101

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
lt job for a man tae dae, dig graves, he'd said. It wis a job that on page 118

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ded throw the snaa atween twa graves, makkin fur a flat steen tae
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Southern

The Westender Mairchers did oor toon prood, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
e High Schule tae sei the war graves and a'm share that'll hev bee
1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
- An show ye graves in Darkley. on page 55

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Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Graves sleep. on page 28

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Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
hippycrits], for yis ir like graves wi nae mairkins that men waak on page 90

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Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Thir graves ir bae the Khyber, that oul r on page 44

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