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Use in varieties of Scots

tirlin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.1 5.1 1.5 0 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1310 1 0 1 0 1
Number of authors8 5 1 1 1

Occurrences of tirlin in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
divin ower the holms, whaups tirlin on the hill an the sicht o da on page 55

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
ilka note tirlin doon tae whaur I lay, on page 106
tirlin doon tae whaur she bides on t on page 107

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
aid tae him efter he had been tirlin and birlin fur aboot an hour. on page 30
n like a wee bit o birlin and tirlin tae eggle them tae mind thing on page 149
o a dirdy-lochrag, birlin and tirlin in the gless, and they shidde on page 155
etely and noo felt gawkit and tirlin wi secrets. 'Ah'm sorry ah sp on page 188

4 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
frae the hill cam a faur-aff tirlin cry o a whaup. The whaups wer on page 17

1 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Ainle the blowster tirlin in ma hair. on page 10

1 matches

McCallum, Andrew Lallans 73 - Ecce Homo, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
twa dugs tirlin tails 'neath the soop o e's h on page 71

1 matches

Doric

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
mindin yon tirlin,
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Tirlin headicraa on page 39

1 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Tossin the tirlin shaifs; on page 27

1 matches

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