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Use in varieties of Scots

gala Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.7 6.2 0 0 5.8 20.7 0
Number of occurrences1512 0 0 1 2 0
Number of authors14 11 1 2

Occurrences of gala in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
green. Ye'd been asked on the gala committee, but ye never wrote on page 78

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Eftir thi gala day in thi Ferry on page 83

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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
taen wi glee. Nouadays we hae gala days an fairmers' mairkets bu on page 30

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Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
at the Nirski Pailace on this gala evenin wesna in onie wey teip on page 2

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
in doon the days tae the next gala. Anyhin tae distract me fae t on page 37

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
e at the likes o the Gawstoun Gala Day ken exackly hou big a sto on page 7

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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 67 - Clash fae Cauld Hill, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Yesterday at the gala day on page 39

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Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
Chinese cam ti uis in Gala Academy library. A’d been r
u Teach Yourself Chinese frae Gala Library: A was feelin nearhau
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@billykayscot tweeted
dae that. Memories o Gawston Gala Day. https://t.co/7VGaHI3Td6(2020) search twitter

@annieones tweeted
dun maist eh my life (Wishae, Gala, Langholm, Biggar, Ayr an Edi (2021) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
er weans, alang tae the Burns Gala day event oan Saturday 25th J (2020) twitter link

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
easure hunt part o da village gala #knackered #parentsdidmostoft (2018) twitter link

Southern

@cammyrudkin tweeted
Gala v Selkirk the nite refereed b(2012) search twitter

@officialAliRed tweeted
oulter’s Candy sculptures in Gala earlier, afore getting hugs a(2019) search twitter