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Use in varieties of Scots

parish Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.3 6.1 16.5 19.9 11.6 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences3012 11 2 2 1 2
Number of authors21 7 8 2 1 1 2

Occurrences of parish in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
, ower on the faur side o the parish at Priesthill on the first da on page 61
'dame Begg in the parish of Muirkirk and Janet Broun i on page 70

3 matches

Anderson, Elizabeth Lallans 59 - OBITUARY : ALISTAIR TAYLOR 1928 - 2001, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
tair's life wis held in Skene Parish Kirk on 11th May 2001, fan ee on page 4

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
d Faith, the puir gaed on the Parish: in ithir words, they were in
cultural studies on its ain: parish pey desk ‘pay desk at the u
t the unemployment office’; parish inspector ‘an officer who a
3 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
dnae read Galt's Annals o the Parish when I wis growin up in Gawst
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
d tae the wa in Hamilton Auld Parish Kirk. The person as taen it h

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
ssible they come tae the Auld Parish Kirkyard an pay tribute tae h

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
ontour @scotslanguage Kinross Parish Kirk Wednesday 11th 7.30pm Lu(2016) search twitter

@annieones tweeted
e Are ye saying Scotland is a parish council? Actually it's astoun (2021) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ul servant o the Lord' in the parish o Balbogie for mony a lang ye on page 30

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
his memory o poor parish beets. on page 9

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
udin the Reverend Minto o the parish kirk (wha feared there may be
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
se. Wully wiz employed by the parish as a kind o constable faa kee
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Wi nae a penny aboot her the parish hid beeriett him in a pauperâ
im in a pauper’s grave. The parish hid a special coffin for paup
o oors Mary walked aboot the parish an ivery noo an then she’d
3 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
about my visit to Cruden Bay Parish Church added tae http://t.co/(2014) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
ponse tae some muppet of your parish claiming this was all about i (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
04 Oor surnames derived fae a Parish in the borders We are maist p(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
ist doon th road fae yer last parish, still in th Kingdom we th lo(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
We gather at the Parish Hall dressed in wir Sunday be on page 70

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Tame Hogmanay, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
nd anither – the length o a parish or a small isle. A neebor tel
1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
i 1827 de wir a skül a ivvri parish o Shetland, an wi dat cam da on page 15
er at can be fun atween ivvri parish o Shetland. Reider, whit dis on page 22

2 matches

Southern

@officialAliRed tweeted
Kirk; Beith Townhouse; Beith Parish Church. ???? https://t.co/oYm(2019) search twitter

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
Church o' Airlan parish tellin the yairn o' Rev. John on page 46

1 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Tae the local Parish Church Haw. on page 56

1 matches

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