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burns Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words123.7 166.1 30 79.5 52.3 103.4 115.1
Number of occurrences398325 20 8 9 10 26
Number of authors123 87 14 5 4 7 8

Occurrences of burns in Corpus

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Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
he cloods lay a warld: widds, burns, lochs, hills. Beasts and bir on page 17

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
steep embankments and jumpin burns. We reach the eld conker tree on page 47

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Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
'That's Rab Burns' Ah wis telt, on page 11
'RAB BURNS - DAMN YE !' on page 16
Wi Jean Armour Burns, on page 25

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
el, it's the leid o Dunbar an Burns'. on page 36

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Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
we've aw seen the bowdlerised Burns that gets haunded roond frae on page 3

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
like Montgomery Burns on page 49

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
burns are awroon ye on page 18
braes an burns an countryside on page 45
BURNS NICHT BLESSIN on page 46
local contemporary of Robert Burns. on page 47
First hame o Robert Burns an his faimily 1788-91 on page 50
Also on pages 71, 77
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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ve, indulge thy sneer. Robert Burns - The Solemn League and Cove on page 22
pute caller watter o the hill burns. on page 27
Robert Burns - Winter: a Dirge on page 65
the rashes, ower wee wimplin burns, throu springy green moss an on page 67

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Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
and Burns himsel hae ruisit the airs on page 51

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Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
s energy. O'er time, the fire burns itsel' oot an' in its place, on page

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
he ink gangs dry and yer haun burns lit thon sun, on page 95

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
Aonghas talks lit the Rabbie Burns sketch oan Chewin the Fat. A on page 2

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
(burns yer cock, resets th' clock) on page 53

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Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
JOHN BURNS teaches English and Tai Chi. on page 55

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
eral times I slipped inti tre burns. Nick, though, it minds him o on page 77

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ass the board. You've goat Mr Burns in the White House. Guys who on page 21

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
dnae study the warks o Robert Burns fer ma finals on the 'grundst on page 19
land o the 1790s - an Robert Burns was ane and their links tae l on page 59
e classroom roun aboot Rabbie Burns' birthday. There's monie fowk on page 65
t bi their minions here. Whan Burns scrieved Jacobite sangs, or s on page 71
o Hugh MacDiarmid, as weel as Burns an Stevenson, whit dae they k on page 75

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Anderson, Elizabeth Lallans 59 - OBITUARY : ALISTAIR TAYLOR 1928 - 2001, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
roups. He wis an authority on Burns, an Februar wis an affa thran on page 4

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Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
brocht oot his owersettins o Burns inti Schwytzertütsch or Swis on page 5

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
special foy for Halloween or Burns' Nicht. on page 56

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
an no least amang them Rabbie Burns. An Dundee wis like ither pla on page 121

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
s says, tryin tae dae a Rabhy Burns impression cause he thinks he on page 90

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
ardy follaes skreivars sik as Burns an MacDiarmid bi indulgin in on page 5

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Burns said 'We're bought and sold f on page 42
Cled in trees tae be clomb, burns tae be swum. on page 128
keen prejudice whilk kennled Burns on page 129
Burns, bound fir Jamaica, near caa' on page 144

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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
Burns and tarns whaur sweet clear w on page 11
hostelry The Sarry Heid whaur Burns stayed but noo on page 43

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
re Henryson, Dunbar, Douglas, Burns, Scott, Stevenson an MacDiarm on page 9

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
e huv a swatch o that. It wis Burns fur me.' on page 8
'Burns?' on page 9
'Like Burns,' ah add. on page 24
yes well. Did this happen tae Burns or am ah jist rubbish at writ on page 25
The Collected Works of Robert Burns. The pages are yella'd, but w on page 27
Also on pages 28, 34, 35, 40, 41, 52
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
warks o makars sic as Rabbie Burns an Robert Fergusson, micht ha on page 32
Compare the Burns text (abuin) tae this wale oo on page 33
ce, writer yer airticles in a Burns style, or wi a strang regiona on page 40
oor national treasure Rabbie Burns. For nochtfiction an airticle on page 60

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
ere some day.' But aw the wee burns higher up in the Forest jinke on page 85

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
The photie curls up as it burns. on page 81
they've left is so strong it burns the insides o ma nostrils. on page 83
in hills, rickety bridges and burns. on page 92

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Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
the wee toon o Dalry, in the Burns country o Ayrshire, tae live on page 120

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
n oot the wey plus the leivin Burns tradeition are baith factors on page 7
me - lang whangs and Swilken burns abound. Maist o the pioneer g on page 9

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Her luve burns like a smoored fire on page 35

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
mind, an yon pome fae Rabbie Burns cuid bi for onie per baistie. on page 79

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Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
quate the lochs and burns. on page 14

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Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
t's faur mair nor jist Rabbie Burns, or Hugh MacDiarmid, or onie on page 4

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Dornan, Stephen Eemis Stane 1 - Lees an Crams, or Ossian on the Death of Cuchullin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Tha deid lay in furs an tha burns pappled red. on page 22

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
through glens, boltit through burns, clattered roon the cliffs an on page 33

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
100 Collected Poems o Robert Burns owerset in Guiami on page 48
Whit if Rabbie Burns haed a mobil? on page 52
singin a bit o Burns, aa tae mind on page 58

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
tae heich muntains thrang wi burns, watters, rivers, lochs, widl on page 65

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ng-gaitherers, sic as Ramsay, Burns and Scott, William Motherwell on page 69

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 58 - The Sang o the Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
tion forbye, parteecularly wi Burns sangs. His ain sangs like The on page 77

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Foyle, Ghillie Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Wha o us twae ower baith thir burns wul ring. on page 87

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - review, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
merie, Allan Ramsay an Rabbie Burns? Be't sae or be't ither, thir on page 109

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Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
the wuids an burns an hills apairt. on page 52

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Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ots as weill, wi the nummer o Burns Suppers he taks pairt in, rec on page 127

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
he best satire Ah've read sin Burns himsel). Law's poem The Duke, on page 133

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
ttish leiterarie tradeitioun (Burns is doutless the maist fawmous on page 141

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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
enley an Henderson edeition o Burns haes a nummer o apocryphal pi on page 4

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
pedigree gaun back tae Robert Burns an Sir Walter Scott). Whan Wi on page 56

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 56 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ersion o the hieland games an Burns Nicht. Unfortunatelike, gin y on page 15

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Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
n and The Holy Fair by Robert Burns forbye the sang The Birks o I on page 46

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
while in ither pairts the Sun burns. It wis volcanic in thae days
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
atit intae mair languages nor Burns? - damn few an they are aa d
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
tional bard, the gryte Rabbie Burns. Oor skreivars haes been cele
ur’. An A’m geyan sure at Burns (as weill as Americkie’s ne
insicht intil the vocabular o Burns, an Colin Robertson cairries
e fowk’s airlie repones til Burns’s the Kirmarnock Edition; t
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Thom, Williamina Lallans 75 - Oor Tibby Pagan, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, weans
s supposed tae hae bin Robert Burns.
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
s ti be nane ither nor Rabbie Burns, wha connachs monie a vollum!
nachs monie a vollum! This ‘Burns deil’ is in dour competeiti
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots
Burns is ane o the puckle writers (
g aheid o us, scance on ane o Burns’ best-kent poems, To a Lous
in we are tae dae justice tae Burns and tae current speakers and
ast. Their faithfu recordin o Burns haes brocht tae licht mony fa
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
· Fergusson an Burns
Scots Literature: Ye Mean the Burns Beuk?
wi Robert Fergusson an Robert Burns.
Fergusson an Burns
Anent Fergusson an Burns's orthographies, thae chiels
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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
ff the fairm dyke, loupin the burns, and just dumfoonert wi wunne
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Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ae Scots, tho, will aften, in Burns's wirds, shudder at the niffe
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Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
o the word "gaun". Readers o Burns micht tak some persuadin: eft
tak some persuadin: efter aa, Burns uized gae, gang et ceterae aa
Cast a ee ower this verse fae Burns's Death and Doctor Hornbook:
Here, whaur Burns draps inti dialogue insteid o
n aa generations at laest fae Burns's time. Burns hissel spak o S
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Burns Nicht
ll tak the form o an informal Burns Nicht, mair lik a Burnsian gi
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Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
The Ground, Solway Stills, Mr Burns For Supper, A Braw Brew, The
The burns were gurly wi broon watter.
Hill burns in spate were reamin fou.
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McFarlane, Ishbel Time tae mairch oot o oor climate comfort zones, (The National 2019) Central, newspaper
cally made fiddles while Rome burns. Except it’s the lungs o th
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
her In Heeven - Weel, it’s Burns Nicht. I canna dae naething f
Stuart tae invite us aa tae a Burns supper, but did I no dae the
t it hersel. “I dout it wis Burns Nicht,” says she, “I dout
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
sangs, an o coorse the wark o Burns. Likewise dounricht quotation
ts o this kyne – especially Burns an the muckle sangs (the Chil
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ts follaes Ramsay, Fergusson, Burns an the nineteent-century nove
der tae connect wi the leid o Burns. That brings us back tae the
writer uised Scots its lane. Burns wis in an oot o Scots an Ingl
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Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
t an moisture fae the skin an burns. A tattle-tale o pallor – a
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
laes ower fantoosh braws, tae Burns’ ‘Tam o’ Shanter’, wi
iles a phrase echoin a line o Burns, whiles a swanky brand-name,
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A Message for R. Burns
Like Rabbie Burns, the best o men,
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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
think bein brocht up in the Burns country amang a faimily o sin
tae win a certificate fae the Burns Federation, an tae faimily pa
ing his sangs like anthems... Burns Wis aw roon aboot us, heizin
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Heron, Caitlin Groonded, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
Robert Burns did it and he became
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
) o oor national Bard, Rabbie Burns.
giein the Immortal Memory at Burns Suppers, aye keeps on tellin
ps on tellin fowk that Robert Burns' faither wis William Burnes (
wrang an wad mean that Robert Burns maun be unique in the warld b
y" wis maistly silent. Robert Burns on the ither haund grew up ju
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Fenton, Janet A Guid New Year tae yin and a!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
d Scots spoken and sung, frae Burns sangs tae the Broons, "michty
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Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
mewhaur - oot there-in Rabbie Burns's Standard Habbie or in North
as leal or genuine Scots. Tak Burns: he mixes Ayrshire dialect wi
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Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ng Syne" wis the name o yin o Burns's pals back then.
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Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
ye ken hou much money Rabbie Burns is wirth tae the Scottish eco
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
speckle as the warks o Robert Burns — is still kent an in prent
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Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
evin as weel aboot Wallace as Burns wi the lines, ‘Mair nonsens
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Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
. Is it the skirling poetry o Burns? Well, that’s awright then.
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Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
it the airt some o the tirlan burns and rivers flaw tae.
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
Rabbie Burns, Elephant Man, Sheena Easton,
Out Chaucer, Burns, Lady Grizelle
es in the same way as those o Burns, and this allowed him tae spe
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
te a poem tae thaim bi Robert Burns on his anniversar week. Her c
nniversar week. Her chyce wis Burns' Epistle To A Young Friend (s
rald threapit, "Fower lines o Burns's wice an modest coonsel tae
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
ess they war recitin a Robert Burns poem or singin a Scots sang.
ear, frae lairnin the warks o Burns tho this wisnae sae easy for
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
he cunt full tae the brim, he burns it again, gently liftin the b
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Pennie, Len The Wheesht, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central - Greenock, poetry
he ink gangs dry and yer haun burns lit thon sun
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
he led Hippomenes throu mirky burns fou o sherp stanes, an alang
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
clever wee poem cried "Rabbie Burns Talkin tae an Englishman". Ra
Rabbie Burns Talkin tae an Englishman
eckle Tam O' Shanter. A think Burns hissel wad hiv approved o thi
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
the airlie edeitions o Robert Burns an Oor Wullie but things is s
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Wi’ burns yer bum tae soak,
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McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
s thrown back, treat them fir burns an’ send fir an’ ambulanc
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
rrain braken up be meltwatter burns in deepcut cleuchs. The lave
n Lachin,” he sayed. “She burns for thee - thoo kens that.
n Lachin,” he sayed. “She burns for thee - thoo kens that.
yin o the guairds dressed the burns. The ither men made shair tha
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Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
Ah dinna think that’s whit Burns meant when he thocht it wid b
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McClurg, Fernando Review: O is for Hoolet, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
, singer Jean Redpath, Rabbie Burns, Alasdair Allan, hersel as a
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
e future. Januar also gies us Burns’ Nicht, a celebration o oor
ampions o the language sic as Burns an MacDiarmid developed the i
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
fowk's contack wi the wark o Burns, baith in adult-heid an as ba
aes been said that gin Robert Burns haedna lived, Scotland wad hi
me kent as North Britain. But Burns, speakin tae an for Jock Tams
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astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
oung lassie as braw as Jennet Burns as stied at Jerah Fairm, Near
“Ur ye the lassie Burns a Jerah Fairm?” he sayed er
say o me?” asked the lassie Burns.
in fell in love wi ye, Jennet Burns a Jerah Fairm.”
wis fair scunnered wi Jennet Burns. Thyr wisnae a man nor wummin
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Fitt, Matthew Matthew Fitt: a word aboot 'bad' language, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
ou can read writing by Robert Burns, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robe
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
w wabsteid tae be handselt on Burns' Nicht. Fans frae aw the airt
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
uages, tae tak thae fowk that Burns praised for awnin honest pove
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
“Ae Fond Kiss” by Robert Burns) forby a wee bit auld-farrant
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wee-windaes Whit is Scots?, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2018) Central, prose
y, Robert Fergusson an Robert Burns.
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Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
weekend warkshop oan Scots an Burns wi the Royal Conservatoire o
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Kirk Jn, Albert Tae Ilka Scots Makar an Scriever, (twitter.com 2022) Central, poetry
They'll threap syne that Burns an MacDiarmid ur nocht
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Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
In the Burns sang, it was Willie that ‘b
ieth century. In the poetry o Burns and the Scots dialogue o Scot
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Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
roon place-names. The braes, burns, craigs an lochans o the laun
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Niven, Liz Burnin Whins, (Luath 2004) Central, poetry
Ye’ll be mindit alangside Burns an Hogg,
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Havery, Hannah The Gaithering, (Literature Alliance Scotland 2022) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
wi the burns, swimming
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Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
Mauchlin by the name o Robert Burns. A tenant o Gavin Hamilton th
sel! . . . An nae dout Robert Burns will be sherpenin his quill f
michty wrath o Hellfire ower Burns’s heid.’
e buik I’ve juist agreed wi Burns efter readin his manuscript o
‘I tellt Maister Burns that in my opeenion there wis
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Gilliland, Sam Lallans 74 - MacCaig’s draucht oan the waa, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
An no like the bowdin burns he aften fished:
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@gordimhor1 tweeted
honest man I can agree wi ye Burns and McGonagall arna in the sa(2020) search twitter

@RickHJohnston tweeted
I fair like a bit o Burns. THIS BIT.. Tae mark whaur En (2022) twitter link

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
Lea-Rig). Haein listit a the Burns' poesies an sangs abune that (2020) search twitter
yer poesie on backake siclike Burns' poesie on toothache....mair (2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
Over a dram on Burns Night Sir Alec Douglas-Home a(2020) search twitter
n upliftin at the same time...Burns muckle sang for humanity Auld(2020) search twitter
rtal memory in the hertland o Burns an Scots. Billy Hughes did gr(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
me in years. The sunlicht, it burns. ????(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
n (sang by Ian Bruce). Rabbie Burns wis a genius and Ian Bruce ca(2020) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
n teachin Scots tae celebrate Burns' Night? Try oot the braw teac(2017) search twitter
Luikin fir wyes tae celebrate Burns? Teach yer weans tae yaise th(2017) search twitter
as ma favourite - him an the Burns wan.(2017) search twitter
erson878 Ony idea who got the Burns wan? https://t.co/rI8H1g4Ftk(2017) search twitter

@rattlecans tweeted
pe no. Everything she touches burns tae the ground... the chapels (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
. Park at the @RobertBurnsNTS Burns cottage, an let us ken ye're (2021) twitter link
Happy Burns Nicht! #Scots #nicht https:// (2021) twitter link
ns ye teach fancy bidin in wi Burns? It's a bit scary fir wee yin (2021) twitter link
is recitit ower the warld oan Burns Nicht - but it's no wan o hi (2020) twitter link
Whit happened tae Burns' wimmen? Follae this link tae (2020) twitter link
and 23 other occurrences.

@ricky_ballboy tweeted
throu D&G an on tae god's an Burns' ain countra.(2019) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
thick fyte blanket, an Rabbie Burns' statcha weerin a bunnet o sn on page 29

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
athort the parks an dykes an burns, half snoovin, half fleein, t on page 41

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
Robert Burns on his shelf, an it wis lik a on page 54
s Ah should say nae match for Burns an Henryson an Douglas an the on page 58

2 matches

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
nty the grun, an oot inty the burns. on page 84

1 matches

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Leaves, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
'. A frond o rowan inside her Burns poems - she'd inked his like on page 22

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
erhead In Winter (Inspired by Burns singer) on page 10

1 matches

Philp, George Lallans 67 - Thochts anent Sangschaw and Penny Wheep, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
Thinkin on the burns o March an Buidhe, on page 139

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
oggy parks an plouterin throw burns, barkin their shins on boulde on page 87

1 matches

Shepherd, Robbie Harknin tae the braw souns, (John Benjamin 2000) Doric, newspaper
al, as wi heritage societies, Burns groups, etc., are static wi t
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
ye in the airm and it quickly burns wi a stinging pain.
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
in that’d been left fae the burns he’d gotten fae the mined s
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Spikk o the Nor East Leid, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Doric, poetry
The leid that Burns’s faither spakk, an Ferguss
1 matches

TheChielMeister Philomena and Alcohol, (youtube.com 2010) Doric, poetry
Fag burns oan the sofa
1 matches

Noble, Brian , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
Happy burns night abody here's my latest
BURNS NICHT
2 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
body an happy birthday Rabbie Burns ?? (2021) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
yish @BBCScotlandNews Wis the Burns unit nae oot(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
pick aboot celebrating Rabbie Burns nicht! Ma heeds like huggis, (2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ighter than the star o Rabbie Burns. on page 3
in Remembrance o Rabbie Burns (25th January 2001 - Longhop on page 77

3 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
fae coman back fer weeks, an burns a few o thaim tae her awn sla on page 58

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
(apologies tae Robert Burns) on page 116

1 matches

@HJosephineGiles tweeted
boot ma level o connection wi burns nicht the nou (2021) twitter link
is gettin invitations tae dae burns nicht fer the scotch whiskey (2021) twitter link

@peediepuss tweeted
@wskea1210 Aye min, the burns still work (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Da burns dance doon da hill on page 35
da burns dance wi lipperin glee on page 37
Burns 'll run whaar da grund is dry on page 55

3 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
bide i da peerie hoose at da Burns took an aafil notion in him, on page 1

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
owre broos, kames, an burns on page 64
symphonies o burns, seen on page 105
an accidence o burns an broos, on page 106

3 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
names o da lanes is shö gud. Burns Lane......Reform Lane...Pitt
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
nspired by the work of Robert Burns). http://t.co/vBROEvdGxF via (2014) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Ma brither poet, Burns he came on page 17

1 matches

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
ae follow't ye aboot, Maister Burns on page 143
But I'll no girn, Maister Burns, fir eftir a on page 145

3 matches

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Hill burns are lippen fou wi snaw bree, on page 159

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
ines. He is, the nou, 'Robert Burns Writing Fellow In Reading Sco on page 205

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
trie cairries the sentiment o Burns that the hert's aye, the pair on page 34

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 59 - Five Poems frae the Chinese o Po Chu-I, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
en days crynes in, the meidae burns;
1 matches

@officialAliRed tweeted
lovely meal at one of Robert Burns’ former haunts. ?? https://t(2019) search twitter

@StuartPoet tweeted
n at her howff in Muirkirk by Burns. Yowes. Most likely an older (2020) search twitter

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Tae fin if ocht yit burns. on page 10

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
For Thomson, Orr an Robert Burns on page 27
sic things. Hooaniver, Robert Burns himsel, wrote yin aboot tha y on page 37
Whan glaury sheuchs an burns turn white wi hoar on page 38
Aye culfin tha burns, or maggin in slabbery slaps. on page 50
Tha burns were culfed, an a quare dyke on page 54

5 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
A shud hae knowed frae Rabbie Burns, tae no growe sic a thocht, F on page 11

1 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
on(Bilfawst Brench); Bilfawst Burns Association, Ulster-Scots Lei on page 43
Burns nicht hes lang bein a focus o on page 45
thaim ir the statue o' Robert Burns oan display the noo in the Li on page 51

7 matches

BardOfMilebush Untitled poem, (Reddit 2017) Ulster, poetry
skill they dinnae match auld Burns's fame Men like Thomson, Port
1 matches

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
ties Down and Antrim, follaed Burns intae print: they aye thocht
1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
Selfie fae yestreen's Burns Nicht hoolie doon in Ballygel (2015) twitter link
This is yin I've no seen yet: Burns for "dinnae ken"... http://t. (2014) twitter link
@Dr_Eoin_Malcolm Thon Robert Burns cratur was wheeker at the "ba (2015) twitter link
e Carngranny, jooked owre tae Burns, for a yarn an a hauf-yin in (2015) twitter link
They jalouse that Burns didnae mak it tae Ulster ava, (2015) twitter link
and 3 other occurrences.

@HurchinHome tweeted
Whoops! Burns and Dinsmoor used "moul" or "(2015) search twitter

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
ther time or tide” - Robert Burns https://t.co/lqWVGHpwm1(2020) search twitter

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