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puirtith Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.2 9.3 1.5 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2018 1 0 0 0 1
Number of authors14 12 1 1

Occurrences of puirtith in Corpus

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Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
d at he soud hae ti thole sik puirtith! Tell me, Guid Sir, gin ye wa on page 46
hat suiner he micht be quat o puirtith. on page 47

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
an arid rocky area, lockt in puirtith, an the boy's prospects wir d on page 100
sae yer dree o puirtith diminishes, an wance ye've go on page 107
en mindin, blearie-een't, his puirtith youth; on page 117

3 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
i mony heids wi the stigma o puirtith. Masel, Ah think at Inglis wa on page 9

1 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
r doun an stack her intil sic puirtith. Frae the costly an smervie s on page 42

1 matches

Foyle, Ghillie Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
In scant an puirtith in a wee, croo houss on page 87

1 matches

Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Stark puirtith, pestilence an war on page 54

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
hingin, deceiverie, spulye an puirtith, the Borderers hung in there, on page 127

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
id an watter. He later dees i puirtith an she taks til the thiggin, on page 140

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
lik ettlin tae assuage warld puirtith by askin the rich tae gie awa
1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
thair antrin mixtur o lexical puirtith an rhetorical walth.
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
a his ain, the first shuin at puirtith haedna gart him
s, tho he didna uise the word puirtith whan he telt
2 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
Puirtith though didnae lea a strang ma
If there wis gey little puirtith, there wis hardship that awbo
2 matches

Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
en doon and scuggit, back tae puirtith and idleset, and abuin the la
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
stage, blarin on aboot global puirtith. Syne hame they'd gyang claim
1 matches

Ulster

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
¨r packness, lear an cultùr, puirtith an waant o gree. on page 54

1 matches

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