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Use in varieties of Scots

ferns Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3 3.5 1.5 0 0 0 9.7
Number of occurrences107 1 0 0 0 2
Number of authors7 4 1 2

Occurrences of ferns in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
a wis ay forrigin amangst the ferns and heathers doun oan yon dam on page 1

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
n there wis a reeshlin in the ferns, and Christopher Robin and He on page 62
him. They hunkered amang the ferns, lugs cockit. The Forest wis on page 108
Grumphie gaed on pechin weet ferns, haudin his wheesht as weel a on page 109
o the Forest _--aw whins and ferns and heather - but ticht-set on page 163

4 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
gravelbed ferns, forests o trees whase kinds on page 107

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ae thick cairpets o burnished ferns an plashin iver-gaitherin lea
1 matches

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
o clinkers wi wee poackets o ferns haudin tae the lip. On the ri
1 matches

Ulster

Lyttle, A. G. Yarns 3 - Lastin Memorial, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Bangor, prose
tha rebbit traiks atween tha ferns an whuns an raced each ither
1 matches

O Connor, Liz Yarns 3 - The Itehr Mitt, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Belfast, poetry
me o’ them drap easy on the ferns.
1 matches

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