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banks Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words42.1 25.2 18.1 347.8 186 31 17.7
Number of occurrences13549 12 35 32 3 4
Number of authors51 21 8 7 9 3 3

Occurrences of banks in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
the banks are bare, an stoor blaws in t on page 27

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Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ed tree-roots, an ah've tried banks, an ah've tried hedges," the on page 52

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 82 - The Gowden Boat, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
in spate gey near burstin its banks. on page 15

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 82 - Biggin the Great Nor Road, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
oved, curves ibis-beaked. The banks can send on page 67

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
like that Like shaggin. Like banks. Get it?' on page 1

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
e land on the windin holms an banks o the Watter o Ayr, juist dou on page 48
roft land doun by the cruiked banks o the Ayr that gied the place on page 50
oun fand hersel sittin on the banks o the Cleuch Burn by Sorn Mil on page 67
twa guid fertile holms on the banks o Ayr, the wee cothous wisnae on page 70

4 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
I seen oan the banks o the Tweed thon day; then gr on page 49
nd oot o sunlicht aa alang ma banks, till on page 93

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
fit intae the clabber on the banks o the Limpopo River. But yous on page 99

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
n 56 oot o 59 MPs doon on the banks o the Thames mak muckle diffe on page 9
. It's them that underpin the banks, an no the ither wey roun. We on page 37
e subsequent bailin oot o the banks leadin tae the austerity that on page 44
meantime, whit's happenin is banks an finance hooses that hae be on page 56
eat majority o the MPs on the banks o the Thames. Awbody that his on page 78
Also on pages 111, 122, 145
9 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
oan the banks o the Monongahela. on page 18

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
akkin hammers tae their piggy banks and rinnin oot tae the shoaps on page 28

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ins on either side o them, aw banks. First they went tae Brassnec on page 62
he wisnae plannin tae rob ony banks, but she wis plannin tae resc on page 115

2 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
es o guid fertile grun. Flood banks had been biggit, but even the on page 17

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ntil it wis aboot burstin the banks o the on page 23
He walked alang the banks o the River Styx. It wis a dr on page 52

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 73 - The Unco Spate, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Dundee, poetry
biles up the bonnie banks, on page 11

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 56 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
contemporar fowk lik Welsh an Banks. Lik maist guid wabsteids thi on page 15

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
ur an here an thare the water banks wis deep rose pink wi the flo
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
The Crow Road - Iain Banks
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
the thikfauld ryss alang the banks o the vacand railwey at
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Ye didnae chase me ower the banks
Ye see thae craturs on the banks,
2 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
porations, the lobbyists, the banks an aw their crew - raither t
1 matches

Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
lindit by the economists, the banks, the IMF, an aw the establish
1 matches

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
the BBC, that stocks i Scots banks wis fawin. Whit haed been nai
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
nch o the new book frae Grace Banks an Sheena Blackhall, Scottish
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
League for ages an the Scots banks is aw weel estaiblisht thare.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ts ah’ve goat wae different banks, two ay which hud the sum tot
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
Covenanters are sittin on the banks o the River Clyde listenin ta

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
Ther it is. The Bonnie Bonnie Banks a Loch Lomond."
Bonnie Banks. Ah took the new camera oot a
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ot that - it wis like gordan banks aff oh pele x (2020) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
bank - the TSB? Na na - yer banks are nae for me I've got a bis on page 15

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Kent for: Banks an watches on page 5

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
She mairriet Jeems Buchan fae Banks o Lyne. An Gavin's mither loo on page 18

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
roots o trees, an A've tried banks, an A've tried hedges," e Pig on page 50

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McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
atikie, sloumin alang atweesh banks; sae there wes naethin tae de on page 71

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 63 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ive writers interviewed: Iain Banks, Bernard Maclaverty, Naomi Mi
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ntin their feet on its steeny banks, ettin their denner piece an
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
He'd thocht o ettlin the data-banks on the computer, bit afore he
ben his computers an DNA data-banks sikkin a match fur Neil Dugui
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
esited hairdressers, garages, banks, as mainner o shoppies an gey
Rory the stag bedd on the banks o the Cluny burn, that rins h
2 matches

The Flying Pigs There’s nae reassurance over national insurance, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
thing tae dae wi a run on the banks. Or a run into the bank and o
1 matches

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
like gless. We lay up on the banks, but then, Bessie o Gyre, the on page 22

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Garson, Sheila Gallows Ha - Annie, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Sheu stood on the banks on page 30

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

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
fae the banks. on page 18

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Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
like gless. We lay up on the banks, but then, Bessie o Gyre, the on page 76

1 matches

Cowan, Fiona A Boreas domus mare amicus?, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney - Finstown, poetry
Lappan quietly under the banks
1 matches

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
oose wis juist no far fae the banks whar they wrout in the tang,
or hid meed their wark at the banks aesier.
t, gaan back and fore tae the banks an than doon in the ebb wae a
e o' kerryin hid up abune the banks tae the dryin green abune, wh
urly the gaan up and doon the banks sae often that meed them bait
26 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
ssan doon on yin peedie bit o banks. Fae Florida tae Greenland an (2020) twitter link
@helenmoncrieff Grand fur the banks tho(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Mundair, Raman Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
banks broo aertbark yallow still on page 11

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
otos, baith a him an his paet banks. An as fur da stakk he biggit on page 3
ell ta his daeth climmin i da banks ta get maas' eggs fur his dee on page 7
a), staandin ipo da broo a da banks at Hestigeo, just in her goon on page 16
we cam here, an didna ken da banks. I ran up da hill, no kennin on page 54
aboot da man at gude ower da banks?" - on page 55
Also on pages 91, 92, 94
10 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
could sprit aboot da paet-banks nae budder. on page 31

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
n maalies sowt a skelf ita da banks on page 19

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
banks flooers an squill face da oce on page 36
da blackness o da banks; on page 38
brinks o banks wir teetered apön - on page 49
ta'en aff da banks o Vaila. on page 60
Der lempit shalls aa alang da banks, on page 92

5 matches

De Luca, Christine Gaet-markers, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
for safe haven, relief o kent banks.
1 matches

Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
e o Bakka, makkin hame fae da banks wi a back-burden o widd at wi
1 matches

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
r o aa wis da flanns aff o da banks, an foo could dey even see da
s wis. Dey were fokk alang da banks an up apo da Taing, an Geordi
comes flyin every fit fae da banks, wi a lantern in his haand, r
roondaboot me, as I wan ta da banks broo, da fokk wis runnin tö,
4 matches

De Luca, Christine Thule Revisited, (Shetland For Wirds 2007) Shetland, poetry
an hooses strung alang da banks
1 matches

Sinclair, James Yarnin, (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
t a bulderation in-anunder da banks
1 matches

Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
n claes an we’ll mak for da banks an see if we canna see him...
1 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
ae geen tae takk yowes fae da banks - especially in da Voar, whi
rst green pikk. As weel as da banks ropp dat every man kept hingi
dat easy tae keep a haad o da banks ropp wi ee haund, da noose ro

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
llys are startin tae paint da banks white. Dat maks me happy. #fo(2014) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
roots o trees, an Ah've tried banks, an Ah've tried hedges," th d on page 51

1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Yestrein alang the river banks,
1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
sits ablow the schuil, on the banks o the Borth’ick Waitter, it
1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
roots o trees, an A hae try't banks, an A hae try't hedges," the on page 52

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Wha on Boyne's grassy banks on page 33

1 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
An wak' bi' the banks o' the Bann; on page 16
Awa doon in the moss bae the banks o' a stream, on page 29

2 matches

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