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kail Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.9 18.1 11.2 0 0 0 8.8
Number of occurrences4334 7 0 0 0 2
Number of authors19 14 3 2

Occurrences of kail 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

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
ur baobabs look a bittie like kail.' on page 81

1 matches

Donaldson, Gordon Lallans 90 - Echty-Echt, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
the puir chiel was gettin his kail throu the reik. An aa this in on page 36

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
man tae plant some tatties an kail. His faither wis gettin gey a on page 25
the yowes; planun tatties an kail in the beild o the fail-dyke on page 55
Bess fed better - wi beef an kail broth for a while, instead o on page 56
throw thaim the kail-runts frae the yaird. He had on page 57

5 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
breakfast, biled tatties and kail tae their denner, and kail so on page 5
ir fillin and satisfeein than kail and kail soup. The yin thing on page 6
eenished his supper o wattery kail soup, Chairlie ayewis gaed be on page 9
jist as sure as I'll be haein kail soup tae ma supper the morn's on page 41
got noo were thae peeliewally kail soups three times a day. on page 46

7 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
And stap eatin chocolate. Eat kail insteid.' on page 6
t as you are,' Grannie said. 'Kail doesna taste o onythin wioot on page 7

6 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
d startit tae fret. The pot o kail she wis makin wis past ready on page 95

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
wi cauld-kail issues on page 21

1 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
bath Schuil pairty. K was for kail that cam frae the soup kitche on page 120

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
er bi Henry McLeish wis cauld kail becis he cuidna get by his au on page 110

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
Syne I dice up the kail an the cabbage
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
n the same kinna things aboot kail. Oor forebears ate herring an
cal neeps, carrots, ingans an kail insteid o buyin mange tout pe
2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
the kie. He gat hiz kail het throu the reik. Than he t
1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
he haed tae mak saut tae his kail, he haed tae fin wark that he
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
the cabbages an curly kail
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ne, cairrots, ingans an curly kail alang wi the barley, split pe
1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
on his sel tae gie Cecco his kail throu the reek for hennerin a
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
s only some kinna purridge an kail, bit there wis eneuch o’t.
1 matches

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 90 - The Trump, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, poetry
An faar wad we sup wir ain kail? on page 35

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ike they were bits o withered kail. An the een werena bits o coa on page 13

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
le, an he felt as caller as a kail-blade. "Get yokit, mi man," h on page 86

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
cottar hoose on the ferm. Its kail yaird hid twa gean trees in t
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ine crisp lettuce an a daud o kail.
hersel onno a rowth o fooshty kail an wirm-etten neeps, tattie p
claik. Dauds o fooshty kail drapt frae her dowp, an dubs
3 matches

Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
barley in, an whut tae dae wi kail. on page 21

1 matches

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feed o #UlsterScots champ an kail, @chefpaulrankin . I cudnae k (2015) twitter link

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