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bairnheid Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.6 16.7 6 0 0 41.3 0
Number of occurrences4133 4 0 0 4 0
Number of authors28 24 3 2

Occurrences of bairnheid in Corpus

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Central

Love, Rowena M. Lallans 82 - Hame tae Dunbar Harbour, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Bairnheid roosts in thae heuchs: on page 41

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Robson, Frances Lallans 85 - What Kind Of Scots?, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
's in the games an sangs o ma bairnheid: on page 8

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
He wis mah pal frae bairnheid, hame oan leave frae Naitiona on page 26

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Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
I lay in bairnheid innocence on page 129

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
d the frst three wirds. In ma bairnheid ah had kent thon tune, but it on page 6

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Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
Ma ain bairnheid wis passt in Edinburgh, mairo on page vii

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Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
threids oan the canvas o her bairnheid ~ a tapestry o hailie wirds w on page 7

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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
Canto The Auld Yin's Bairnheid on page 118

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
that caws furth mindings fae bairnheid, stories that speaks til's as on page 60

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Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
w the myndins an soonds ae ma bairnheid. Turn ma back on the sangs an on page 4

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
In bairnheid whan the warld wis young, on page 70

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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Frae their airly bairnheid on on page 11

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
s browdent on leeterature fae bairnheid an at fowerteen year auld he on page 69

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
t scowthie an saikless in our bairnheid. Read it an get hurl't back a on page 129

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
geography, food, tradeitions, bairnheid memories an wather. Her hinne
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
durand hir bairnheid. It wes a fey expairience, ti
Mirren. Shae nivver grat sin bairnheid, bot nou wes
d a faimlie bi thon nem, frae bairnheid!”
i the caig. Eimages frae hiz bairnheid flaitit afoir hiz ein, mince
irt o Mirren’s facultie sen bairnheid nou cam til the
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
whit happent in yer hine-awa bairnheid, an the last speaker o the pu
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Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Beaton. She had kent him frae bairnheid, learnt him at the schuil, an
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Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
ower muckle insicht intae the bairnheid o Wallace.
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
I haed kent the tuin i’ my bairnheid, but it haed lang syne passed
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Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
2. Mitherheid and bairnheid is entitelt tae special tent
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
for a body tae revisit thair bairnheid. Can ye mind the smell an the
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Connelly, Gordon Celebrating Ithers, a letter tae somebody wirth celebratin, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
through yer early memories o bairnheid or adolescence. Framin yer st
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Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
aul had a different braith on bairnheid and bairnly things tae Jesus:
the wey forrit? Neither in my bairnheid, nor in the bairnheid o the l
, nor in the bairnheid o the leid itsel, has the Kì
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
loe best is ower busy relivin bairnheid days o chacha and bein a majo(2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
n o a dour scunner. Hives are bairnheid seiknesses, no usually seriou(2020) search twitter

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
hailsome fuid, or hearin his bairnheid Doric tongue spake agane, bit on page 97

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McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
ng myn I'll tyne my place Fan bairnheid's days are santit. on page 7
, the ingle's reidie leam, An bairnheid's seilie bourie. on page 8

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Harper, Edith Legacy, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2021) Doric, poetry
Her legacy – mindins o ma bairnheid,
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Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
irched aboot the gitters o ma bairnheid on page 136

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Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
airlie bairnheid days it the Hauch, i the 1850
wur the Hall caretakers i ma bairnheid days.
ds tae leuk aback til ain’s bairnheid days wi mixt emotions, some p
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