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Use in varieties of Scots

craic Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 5.1 9 0 0 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences1910 6 0 0 1 2
Number of authors10 4 4 1 2

Occurrences of craic in Corpus

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Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
oryin roon fir some gossip an craic. on page 16

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ander among ruims look'n fir "craic." Maist ay thum sport a can. on page 3

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
d lauched at Billy Connolly's craic, on page 51
p at the Welfare tae hear the craic, on page 83
The craic retours tae sic mundane issue on page 88

3 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
a mind aff it, just huvin the craic wae them an sippin the beer,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
this week so ah telt them the craic, it gets put oan tae the prin
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
been a good laugh, huvin the craic wae the two ay them oan the t
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
just ordinary folk huvin the craic, the waiy it should be. The w
1 matches

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ent for: Freenly fowk an guid craic on page 7

1 matches

TheChielMeister Ah'm e chiel (sae dinna fash), (youtube.com 2011) Doric, poetry
Fit's e craic noo?
ns Amichty, dis naeb'dy ken e craic? 'Re thir nae rael chiels nau
2 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
@johnnydee72 fits e' craic like loon? Ye runnin' a radio(2015) search twitter
@STVAberdeen fits the craic like folkies? A'hm livid Wi '(2015) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
enaylor dolly dolly fit's the craic? You're soundin affa unhappy (2011) search twitter

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
aff their heids, Tae try sic craic, on page 213

1 matches

Ulster

@Angelinekking tweeted
lvenna Och isn't it wile guid craic? God's truth, it gie's us aal(2020) search twitter

@fairfaaye tweeted
a few for starters: "boke", "craic", "dander", "foundered", "gun(2020) search twitter