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yairds Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.9 13.4 30.1 0 5.8 20.7 8.9
Number of occurrences5126 20 0 1 2 2
Number of authors23 15 6 1 2 1

Occurrences of yairds in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
nch o a tree juist twae-three yairds awa. on page 44

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
shape wisnae ony mair is ten yairds forenent iz whan oo ee'd yin on page 58

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Ten million cubic yairds o pain. on page 129

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
hat ye could read frae thirty yairds awa. This is whit they said: on page 6

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
A hunner yairds frae the ferm, he drew up wi on page 59
t up on their hin-legs twinty yairds awa an let themsels be shot. on page 64
a gressy humplock aboot fower yairds awa, wi his elbucks on his kn on page 68
ill bletherin awa - no fower yairds apairt - but baith sittin th on page 69

5 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
The yairds a wreck o burnt oot cars. on page 47

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
whit shuid he see aroun fifty yairds in front o him but the bear. on page 38
baist wuid go pouin hunners o yairds o rope fae as monie as hauf a on page 41

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
aid doon" as they say, in the yairds alang the great wey. on page 35

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
r. Efter he had gane a hunner yairds, he turned and walked back ag on page 115
lisk. I saw yer dock a hunner yairds up the brae while ma reply wi on page 141

2 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
d wid snowk him oot fae fifty yairds awa and quickly gang aff in a on page 8

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Forbye, amo the yairds, on page 50

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
a plouin as wad big a hunner yairds o dyke. Yon had been puir her on page 17

2 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
's bink and walked aheid twal yairds intil the yellae sea. He hunk on page 18

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - No Faur Frae Babel, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
syne twa hunner yairds on page 84

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
French goal frae aboot thirty yairds. The goalie managed tae get a
1 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
sisted o him walking a hunner yairds, collapsing in a heap and the
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
hat could be read frae thirty yairds awa. They gaed thus:
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
s. They hit the grun a hantle yairds apairt on a patch o scree an
e hadna noticed him, a puckle yairds aff in the daurk. It wis unfa
2 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
mer, berthed aboot twa hunner yairds awa, took a direct hit. She w on page 41

2 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
A hunner yairds felt like a mile... on page 6

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
un an rowein on the fleer, an yairds an yairds o't gat lowse again on page 11
at- " (efter gingin twa-three yairds alang the roddin an turnin ro on page 24
an fan she hed wan twa-three yairds fae't, she saa at it had een, on page 76

4 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
n lum o a big hoose twa three yairds alang the road, an Ah thocht on page 104
Jist aboot a hunner yairds on, at the shouder o the brae on page 105

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
e's hudderie heid, an nae twa yairds frae her taes, a lane grey ba
ae settin fit within a hunner yairds o't.
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
'd bit luikit, their ain back yairds bred horrors waur nur onythin
Yer awa tae fin the guttin yairds alang frae Yarmouth quay.
leburgh's Culture-unit guttin yairds. He wis a pernickety kinno ch
bi a rice fermer, lyin fifty yairds frae the paddy field wi her t
4 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ely come wi’in about thirty yairds. Pullin a wee bit scrim netti
chiel wes nae mair nor thirty yairds awa an the loun thocht he cou
. Ance he wes a puckle hunner yairds awa, he teen the round fae th
3 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
s heid an rin the five or sae yairds at full belt straicht at iz.
troot poud aff mair than ten yairds o fushin line afore it stappi
2 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
o da branch o a tree twartree yairds awa. on page 63

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
in oan a bough o a tree a few yairds off. on page 61

1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
tuid, mebbies 800 tae ae 1000 yairds
1 matches

Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
r John leeved jaist a wheen o yairds awa frae tha femlie in a wee on page 8
s ... Eftér aboot a-hunnért yairds, tak a richt turn ... an hemm on page 27

2 matches

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