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The word 'quaich'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
quaichOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.7257
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 40.6 16 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 1
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of quaich in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
the quarry wis vrocht like a quaich wi a wee thin split doon ae s
nar close tae the the granite quaich. A bridle path frae the Balbu
2 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Scots Tung Quaich Competeetion
will baith be praisentit wi a quaich tae keep for ae towmond, the
winners will git a meenature quaich tae keep. The tap three entra
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Scots Tung Quaich Steys at Campie
Toun, haes won the Scots Tung Quaich. Wi entries frae six primary
ck that forbye takin the 2003 quaich, the same schuil fendit twa j
(P7c) that won the Scots Tung Quaich for her schuil wi a clever we
this year. Forbye winnin the quaich for the schuil tae keep for a
6 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Scots Tung Quaich Praisentations
y 25 Juin whan the Scots Tung Quaich, certificates an prizes wis p
entine P7C, wi the Scots Tung Quaich for her schuil tae haud for a
for ae towmond alang wi a wee quaich for her tae keep an a certifi
Tho the Scots Tung Quaich haes been gaun for three year
6 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
East Lothian, the Scots Tung Quaich, haes again been weel worth w
1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
Yer nael is a roundit quaich - on page 16

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
doon. Yaud siccart. Waucht a quaich o wine. on page 44

1 matches

Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
A gowden quaich yin ti ither passin, on page 10

3 matches

General Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
O cauldrife birr but drum-fu quaich on page 15

1 matches

@IshbelMcF tweeted
e the Ochils but still in the quaich.(2019)

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