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Use in varieties of Scots

kilts Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.8 3.2 9.6 9.9 0 0 8.8
Number of occurrences156 6 1 0 0 2
Number of authors13 6 4 1 2

Occurrences of kilts in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ock a lug tae the swirl o the kilts an the drums, on page 77

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
kilts on page 87

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 63 - The Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2003, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
up.” Then he gaed on aboot kilts, tartan an bagpipes. A few o
1 matches

Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
arnt there aboot the bannin o kilts that happint efter the '45 up
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
re-kistit chiels, auld men in kilts an balmorals, wifies wi backp
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ssel an his muckle wardrobe o kilts mair nor the fowk an craiturs
1 matches

Doric

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
t, an descriptions o Scots in kilts an tartan breiks are fun in m
1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
ngin o e drums an e swing o e kilts att gars ma hert loup an fair
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
. Or wis it summin tae dee wi kilts..?
Kilts?
fishermen, and they’d weer kilts file they sowed their seeds o
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
in bricht tartan plaidies an kilts, their siller plaid preens gl
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Aal dekkid oot in tartan kilts, wi ribbons in wir hair, on page 3

1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Their mixtur-maxtur patterned kilts on page 32

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@the_gellick tweeted
bother wi clipperin aboot in kilts - gie the #UlsterScots tongu (2016) twitter link

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