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boorach Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.7 8 24 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences3015 15 0 0 0 0
Number of authors20 10 10

Occurrences of boorach in Corpus

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Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
unnered wi the lot o yous, ya boorach o bogie-eatin bairns!' rowste on page 162

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
got there, they foond a haill boorach o toom tubes and toom aerosol on page 76

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
tae the maist thrissly-lookin boorach o thrissles that aye wis, and on page 26
ippin soond, and a jurmummled boorach o awbody on the grund. on page 67
aid Hoolet. "This is a bonnie boorach? on page 130
ever kent a mair Spreidin Oot boorach o beasts in ma life, and aw i on page 160

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McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
A boorach o fowk stood alang the side o on page 67

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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
we're supposed tae live tae a boorach o cowboys wi double-barrel na
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
the derkness at the heid o a boorach o fechtin chiels an went at t
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth In defence o SNHS, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
really nae mair fit than the boorach that’s NHS England. Noo tha
1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
Owerby is oor capital, Muckle Boorach. I’ll gie ye a hurl.’
n, on the ither side o Muckle Boorach, for years. Each time I set o
The hooses in Muckle Boorach were gey ricklie, an luiked a
3 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
up taks in wirds sic as Scots boorach and Gaelic bùrach. Baith thi
1 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
hae pit us in tae this muckle boorach.(2016) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
. In a windae there wis a wee boorach o doos, huddled thegither, na on page 34

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
sae muckle a bairn as a hail boorach o bairns; an the bairns haev on page 81

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Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
man, and marchit ower tae the boorach. He was a muckle rugby lad hi on page 73
The boorach o boys swang their heids roon on page 74

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
He pynted at the boorach o men huddled thegither wi th on page 8

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ower fussed aboot avoidin the boorach o veesitors, ye coud ettle ta on page 4

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
ril nicht in Aal Aiberdeen. A boorach o students are sittin haein c
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
boorach o fowk githered ootside een o
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
et alicht the breem an rise a boorach o fire engines. Nae jist the
s. At its tap wis a fork wi a boorach o willow boughs that fowk caa
2 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
around at it indoors forby. A boorach o fowk clad in the green an f
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
inaboot an there wiz an affa boorach o cars sellin aa the odds ‘
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Harper, Edith The Wye Athin Chynges, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric, poetry
t eence a stushie gets up fan boorach o seagows
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Facebook link ( 2013) Doric - Buckie
er and ah get intae a bit o a boorach. Ah m a bit wabiti noo so am

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