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catholic Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.2 23.1 9 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences5245 6 0 0 0 1
Number of authors26 22 3 1

Occurrences of catholic in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
chtum aboot whither ye'd been Catholic or Protestant afore signin th on page 77

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
tae us cos they went tae the Catholic schooL The day we hud been ca on page 36
We're aff runnin through the Catholic cemetery n towards the woods on page 47

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
r King William had huntit yon Catholic Jamie Stuart oot o Ireland. on page 66

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
twixt yersels an the catholic majesties o Spain yer neighbo on page 44

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
try apairt. He was the leadin Catholic in the Scotland o his time, a on page 118

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
endin that wee lassie tae the Catholic school, Naw, said ma da, Like on page 58
an aboot Mo Johnson the first Catholic tae ever sign fur Rangers. on page 66
mibby it wis cause she wis a Catholic that she wisnae allowed tae c on page 169

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Ah'm a guid Catholic lassie, and God always smiles on page xiv
e're tryin again. Ah'm a guid Catholic, but we kin barely afford fou on page xxi
A Guid Catholic on page 49
Ah'm a guid Catholic. Efter three weans and three on page 51
nder ma breath. Ah wis a guid Catholic Jassie who'd wan purpose in t on page 52
Also on pages 54, 59, 63, 115
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Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
n religious plays wi a strang Catholic feel tae thaim become amang y on page 108

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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
We haud wi the ae halie catholic and apostolic Kirk. on page 97

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Peffers, Bob A Aboot Mid-Camps, Kirnitten, Bi East Cawther, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
bonnie wee dochter o an Irish catholic tattie howker. Grandfaither f
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Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
artly tae dae wi ma ma bein a catholic an ma da bein a protestant an
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
thren Ireland schuilbairns is Catholic, sae that ‘ithin a generati
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
yle kenspeckle in contemporar Catholic worship is what’s caad in m
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ud wanted him tae be raised a Catholic like she wis, so he went tae
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Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Born and bred Catholic like maist folk in Thistlegat
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
aboot Jimmy McKenna, a lapsed Catholic an general punter that happen
lin o the sindry influences o Catholic tradition, self-awaurness, mu
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
McGinns? D’ ye jaloose the Catholic bairns’ll hae gat thae lett
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Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
religion in the form o’ the Catholic church an’ ah wisnae aboot
. Noo, ah’d been used tae a Catholic church (that’s anither stor
the flingin incense o’ the Catholic church tae shame, we wis oot
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
hrone. But Jeems haed turnt a Catholic an
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Facebook link ( 2021) Central
eid o himsel. James wis Roman Catholic an his wife Mary o Modena hud
birth tae a son which meant a Catholic king wud inherit. The great a
dae that? The ultimate Roman Catholic in league wi the ultimate Pro

@_Erinboyle_ tweeted
way. The route cause is anti-catholic, anti-Irish prejudice & it's (2021) twitter link

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ie that avows himself sae get Catholic an moral (forbye pro-life, si(2020) search twitter
or a recent back oot o Narnia Catholic Lesbian an Liberation Theolog(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
him "are ye a protestant or a Catholic?" "I'm a jew" says he. "Aye, (2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
him "are ye a protestant or a Catholic?" "I'm a jew" says he. "Aye, (2020) search twitter

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - Obituary for David Ogston, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
dinal Winning, the heid o the Catholic Kirk in Scotlan, preachin fra on page 12

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
nybody, nae maitter ye were a Catholic, a Protestant, a Buddhist or on page 107
Dod wisna a Catholic an he winnered fit it could b on page 108
an his parishioners an bi the Catholic kirk an aa (though Gweed kens on page 109

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ideas. There wis a wee Roman Catholic orphanage nearhaun the Aiberd
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@72redz1903 tweeted
Sturgeon Yousaf has said anti catholic sectarianism from yesterday w (2021) twitter link

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
r, tae uise historical terms, Catholic, Protestant an' Dissenter. on page 15

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