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kerried Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 1 0 29.8 93 0 24.2
Number of occurrences272 0 3 16 0 5
Number of authors15 1 3 6 4

Occurrences of kerried in Corpus

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Central

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
put oan tae the principle an kerried oer tae next week. Ye should
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Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Make sure ye don’t get too kerried away. Ye’ve still tae meet
1 matches

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
phone, puzzled. The deid man kerried oan on page 30

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
e the burn, a book, stranded, kerried - safe on page 13

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@peediepuss tweeted
e folk wur in the hairst, and kerried ower tae Fetlar?(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Mainland, Jim Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
an kerried on fine - it wisna ta spite on page 28

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Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ouldna tak oot da sndd), shö kerried it furt. "If I dunna tak dis on page 62
s wis da Duchess's cook. Shö kerried da pepper pot in her haand, a on page 115

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Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
kindness. I lifted dem up an kerried dem. I took dem in my airms a on page 69
pat da p6r man on a board an kerried him ta Jesus. on page 109

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Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Tammie's faider kerried da post, an mony a coorse day on page 1
ae a hom danadays, an he just kerried on wi his croft. He wis most on page 2
hin you oppen dem up. Dan dey kerried it up in maeshies on dir back on page 8
aar in twaa oors as dey wid a kerried in a week. Widn dey be blyde on page 10
ah haes ta be educated," shü kerried on tauntin me, "Bit it wis - on page 22
Also on pages 39, 44, 51
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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
Mary kerried him. on page 83

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Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Announcin Truncherfaece twins, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
rtree hansels. Meenie proodly kerried a hap dat she’d spent monts
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Ulster

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
kerried bae tha glacier on page 15
tha basket kerried alang tha broad aisle on page 25

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McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
on. He liftit tha scuttel an kerried it oot tae tha scullery, pit on page 17

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Millar, Alan Yarns 3 - Sammy Thomson's, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - East Donegal, prose
th; tha oats, stra an sail aa kerried awa, efter! Sam,
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Hume, David The Aldfreck Coalmining Disaster, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ballycarry, poetry
they’d kerried in their pookets and threw do
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