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Use in varieties of Scots

kirkyairds Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.1 3.6 1.5 0 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences107 1 0 0 0 2
Number of authors6 4 1 1

Occurrences of kirkyairds in Corpus

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Central

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Kenspeckle Man, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
kirkyairds (Crail an Carnbee),
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
Noo, ye ken hou in maist auld kirkyairds, there are lairstanes that st
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Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
iggin up bodies fae the local kirkyairds. They’d howk them oot, dich
The same is true o Embra’s kirkyairds, an ither airts besides.
tly deid stertit hingin aboot kirkyairds wi muskets an dirks, ready ta
The kirkyairds o Scotland’s cities becam b
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Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Boswell’s Coort, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
lang smourit i the kirkyairds o
1 matches

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
their hans are in your pooch. Kirkyairds Europe wide bristle on page 10

1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
An kirkyairds fou o banes: on page 17

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
st noo, for they're happed in kirkyairds. Maist o the lave are oul. Gi
1 matches

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