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Use in varieties of Scots

mirth Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.1 3.1 4.5 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences106 3 1 0 0 0
Number of authors7 5 1 1

Occurrences of mirth in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
cantie. The day he dee'd, ma mirth wes aw awa. See whatna dour a on page 45

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
en grey ... An why the soun o mirth? Were they juist trevellers - on page 59
blue een, kecklin Wi innocent mirth as they poued funny faces, an on page 71

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Nae fun, nae happiness, nae mirth. on page 90

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Nae mair mirth nor laughin loud - Ye darnae on page 9

1 matches

Fyall, Aitken Lallans 74 - Rabbie’s Retrospeck, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
O mirth an bold John Barleycorn.
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
hooders shakkin wi suppressed mirth es aabody rubbit their hans t on page 60
eldie, er shooders shakkin wi mirth an the watter stannin in er e on page 73

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s they tried te haud in their mirth. on page 10

1 matches

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Mirth Hilly, Banks o Runabout, Ting on page 11

1 matches

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