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Use in varieties of Scots

jig Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.4 4.1 28.6 19.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences308 19 2 0 0 1
Number of authors15 8 5 1 1

Occurrences of jig in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
heid maun be aff, an that in jig-time! Sae tak yer pick!" on page 44

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
her back an they danced a wee jig in the middle ae the road, he on page 1

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
the nicht the brocks will jig an loup, on page 26

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
e flair and sterted dauncin a jig o victory in his jammies. on page 57

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
he first eimage akin tae the 'Jig o Deith' is a screid o carvin on page 110

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ve it wesna a kinna fuppertie-jig.
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
no sayin, by the by, that the jig is up for the language o Shak
1 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
wer, ye can dance a thing-umy-jig.(2018) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
e loons cam back, daein a wee jig roon aboot him. on page 30

1 matches

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
lip, an seemed tae dae a wee jig. 'Aye, see that, ye little vr on page 84

1 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
A'll dee a jig, A'll dee a reel, on page 16
A hornpipe an a jig, on page 28

2 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
So foo could I jig wi' anither (Och) on page 64
FAIR CHUFFED TAE JIG WI' YE on page 82
Let's aa get up an jig tae a sang on page 143

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
aa!" An he upped an did a wee jig roon the room. on page 90

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
“Wull thay be daein a jig agane?” A askit.
1 matches

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gallows Ha - Dance tae the End, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
They set an they jig wae thir pertners an ithers, on page 27

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
They set an they jig wae thir partners an ithers - on page 152

1 matches

Ulster

@Angelinekking tweeted
of the day. The light double jig in the kitchen last night end(2020) search twitter