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The word 'ghaists'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ghaistsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus14.74821
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 324.6 7 2
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 2
WCE - West Central 23 5 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 2
LAL - General Central 18.6 14 10
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 55.6 4 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 256.1 5 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of ghaists in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
it ane anither wi tales aboot ghaists an bogles, an he widna takk a
k, flittit ben the lobby like ghaists, lifitit the sneck on the doo
2 matches

Cormack, Liam Hallaeen, (The Gaudie 2019) Doric - Banff, poetry
Aa the ghaists come oot fae
1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
uchled ontae the ferry wi the ghaists and bogles. Charon wis aboot on page 52
t blew aff his napper and the ghaists and bogles on the boat aside on page 53

4 matches

Heather, Alistair The ghaist lichts, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ys, fowk creditit the tales o ghaists an siclike supernaitural thin
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
as jeelit in time. A place o ghaists an memories, nae a livin airt
g aboot the glen follaein the ghaists o Victoria an Albert. Tourist
2 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
wis said tae be hantit bi the ghaists o puir chiels that haed gotte on page 26

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Then walked the coast wi ghaists o men Whase banes lig under i on page 20

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
I'm no racked bi ghaists, on page 24

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
they seemed no trees, but the ghaists o trees. on page 18
Whase ageless ghaists will noo forevvir gaird, on page 20
The ghaists wha sell't us oot return tae on page 42
An ghaists return fae bygone years, Tae on page 47

4 matches

Sands, Finn THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Tae his horrur, aw the ghaists an ghouls, oan the field afor
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
e fechtin, thare are mony new ghaists, on page 14

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
By ghaists and bogies takkin forms doon on page 13
Bogles, kelpies, ghaists o chickens in the haw, on page 23

2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
t frae her mind - the bluidy ghaists o men an murther that whiles on page 66

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
they seemed no trees, but the ghaists o trees.
Whase ageless ghaists will noo forevvir gaird,
2 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
he'd thole ony nonsense aboot ghaists. Jist as she widna unnerstaun on page 7
wis nae use. If ye looked for ghaists they never shawed themsels. B on page 11

2 matches

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
As we cower frae the ghaists o hings tae come - on page 22

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 84 - Attrition, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
n in the lift, lik ill-hertit ghaists. on page 8

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
addaes intae eldritch shapes. Ghaists stertit sweemin in ma heid. A on page 22

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
juist ghaists; an, och, Mary, Mary Seton, l on page 40

1 matches

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
Ghaists o painfu mindins, on page 31
ghaists, snitchers, murders, on page 32

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ns, sae that they looked like ghaists. Ahint the wimmen wis a manni on page 47

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
the ghaists greet and rair on page 13
by fozier ghaists than you on page 29
or the air drookit wi ghaists on page 48

3 matches

Dornan, Stephen Eemis Stane 1 - Lees an Crams, or Ossian on the Death of Cuchullin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Nae gods nor ghaists turned oot tae mak mane on page 23

1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ll’s owresettin o Ibsen’s Ghaists.)
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ghaists o reek that birl up oot the l on page 62
GHAISTS on page 63

4 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
An grim ghaists, an coorse wraiths, aye houl on page 9
ther places dinnae believe in ghaists onymair, mair nor thon's no t on page 13
o eldrich places, ghaists an deils. on page 56

5 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
had lang syne replaced wi the ghaists an guardians o hir mine. She on page 30

1 matches

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