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kerry Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.1 9.5 3 19.9 127.9 0 4.4
Number of occurrences4619 2 2 22 0 1
Number of authors20 7 2 2 8 1

Occurrences of kerry in Corpus

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Central

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Whut a kerry on on page 41
a herty laugh, hain a rite kerry-on on page 73
Then kerry oots an even mare drugs, on page 76
we boats kerry-in cargoes on page 90
fir thi weh that yi kerry on on page 108

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Whit wis the point? I couldna kerry him an April hame, specially on page 75

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
a wheen o divers things, lik kerry mitts, minions, jacks, Jethar on page 127

1 matches

Gilmour, Rosie Ma Schuil, (Scots Hoose 2014) Central, weans
Ye go tae Linda or Kerry
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Gilmour, Rosie Bak Tae Schuil, (Scots Hoose 2015) Central, weans
whit di ye ken, its Linda and Kerry,
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
var' wi batter illustratit bi Kerry Watson.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ey, the other aloft, haudin a kerry oot in a poly bag. Fuckin mad
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
away tae the shoap tae get a kerry oot.
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e hud oan, a sleepin bag an a kerry oot. ‘There it’s there.â€
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ma avoidance ay him efter the kerry oan in the park evidently hit
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
h fur kids, that rock an roll kerry oan’s no aw it’s cracked
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ody good hidin fur that kinda kerry oan, ah’ll tell ye.
in fur a drink noo efter that kerry oan. Where’s Tam went tae f
2 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
wthegither an ee pulled oot a kerry-bag wae somehin in it an goes
Ah opened the kerry-bag an Ah couldnae believe it
2 matches

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
e heed, it's fit ye mak, jist kerry on, it's ower muckle on page 175

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@cligeey tweeted
@muddy_40 A kerry oot??(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Skea, Bessie Gallows Ha - Earth-bound, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
silent eyes that cannot see I kerry in the hert o me. on page 24

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Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Fur all that kerry oan on page 122

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
could geng, an makkin a braa kerry-on ida loch as he guid. on page 24
wid be fairly silly o her ta kerry him aboot ony langer. on page 63
Hoosumever, he wis willin ta kerry on. "An so dis tree peerie si on page 75
If shö sood kerry on wi dis, Dan whit wid come on page 121
y, of coorse - 'If shö sood kerry on wi dis' - dat'll be da Wh on page 123

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Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
an it wisna till dey gude ta kerry it up i da voar time, ta pit on page 56
dna budge. He felt he hedd ta kerry on his fokk's croft at dey wi on page 77

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
e a single compound, laek Tae kerry on → a onkerry (or insteid on page 38
KERRY SPAEK on page 71

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
I kerry daily daffiks o watter: on page 56

1 matches

Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
rie grice joost whit he could kerry.
1 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
truitles at dis gadderie will kerry aboot as muckle wecht as da s
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Da nicht afore da Trowie Show, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
dy for da Trowie Show. Whit a kerry on!
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Walterson, Vaila Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Da nicht afore da Trowie Show, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
trowie show, der wis an aafil kerry on in da trowie knowe.
Fir saek a kerry on in da knowe dat nicht! Dae
2 matches

Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
leet your faider. Wir Chinese kerry oot will be here in nae time.
“A Chinese kerry oot? Ir dey willin tae delive
2 matches

Watt, Valerie Cheerio for eenoo . . ., (Shetland Times 2011) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
y age! Wir first iver Chinese kerry-oot wis an experience A’ll
1 matches

Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
the day for driving along too Kerry! We had a birl round Ballamen (2021) twitter link