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Use in varieties of Scots

barn Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words21.5 15.4 40.7 59.6 5.8 10.3 17.7
Number of occurrences6930 27 6 1 1 4
Number of authors25 9 7 5 1 1 2

Occurrences of barn in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
urtyard there's a big massive barn. The barn hus been plastered on page 4
es n rustlin aboot in the big barn runnin adjacent. A sneak oot on page 34

3 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
lanth. But wi shouders like a barn door an feet thit wad fletten on page 21

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
should aw meet in the muckle barn as suin as Mr Jones wis safe on page 6

8 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Glassily stares at a startled Barn Owl; on page 49

3 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ent ower the meal-kist in the barn, he cuid hae gruppt her hurdi on page 17

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 70 - The Primped Skull, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
ellochin woundit i the burnin barn,
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
should aa meet ben the muckle barn as suin as Mr Cameron wis sau
At ae end o the muckle barn, on a kin o raised platform,
their mither filed intae the barn, cheepin wabbit-like and daun
it theirsels in the waa o the barn and the gaitherin brak up in
held secret communins in the barn and expoondit the principles
9 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
t that they were sleepin in a barn on the ootskirts o toon an th
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
le cognates in modern Danish (barn), Swedish (barn) and Norwegia
), Swedish (barn) and Norwegian (barn).)
) and Norwegian (barn).)
3 matches

Doric

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
And the barn on page 122

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
gid: the aul ingine-hoose an barn, the byre, the neep-shed, the on page 92
, thresher ay bruiser fae the barn; sheep, nowt, pigs, hens, deu on page 94

2 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
a pit it aneth e bushel i the barn, bit on e lampstan, far it'll on page 11
an gaither e corn intill his barn; bit he'll burn e caff in a f on page 84
sel, fit am A gyan tae dee, e barn's nae big eneuch tae haud aa on page 102

5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
the fleggit lassie intae the barn. 'He's hame frae the pub fech on page 51

2 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
oon, "Ye kin tak a bed in the barn an get a hot meal every day." on page 118

4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
nae takkin the shelt ooto the barn?” his faither speired. “Y
1 matches

Wheeler, Leslie Brockit, the Ferm Toon Cat, (Grampian Regional Council 2000) Doric, weans
s later the fermer wis in the barn fan he heard a gie lot a wee
wife an she gaed oot tae the barn tae see for hersel. There the
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
o the cairts tae takk tae the barn.
lin groomin its cleuks at the barn door, or the rodden tree show
adings, opened the door o the barn, an sclimmed the stoory timme
he stoory timmer stairs o the barn in the derk. Benjy the dug, l
shed tee, jist alang frae the barn. Tackety buits clattered ben
9 matches

@cligeey tweeted
deDon Ye used to listen for a barn dance ye didna ken exactly fa(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I wis flat on me back in the barn. on page 42

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
When I burst in the barn door on the furst day o the h on page 128

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Crya - playan in the barn, aal the bigger berns - peed on page 13

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
dinavian crossover words like barn/bairns, bra/braw and hus/hoos
1 matches

Mainland, Marlene Home Truths, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
Thir's kettleens in the barn.
Wae the kettleens in the barn.
2 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
rk i da rigs or pit aets i da barn. Bit da Göd Man gies dem ple on page 95

1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
@HurchinHome Carn, cairn? Or barn? Mind you yon wad be byre.(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
therin hïs wheat ïntae hïs barn an burnin tha caff wi a fire on page 3
a wheat an bring ït intae ma barn.' " on page 9
re, an pit tha wheat ïn hïs barn; but he'll burn tha caff wi a on page 74

3 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
e pued up, ayont an oul stane barn, on page 3

1 matches

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