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Use in varieties of Scots

kirks Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9 9.6 12.8 9.9 0 10.9 0
Number of occurrences2818 8 1 0 1 0
Number of authors20 14 4 1 1

Occurrences of kirks in Corpus

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Central

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
In Machar's hames an kirks, on page 7

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
e busses, by tee as muckle as kirks; an gin he took a haill clanj on page 22

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
pe past the harbour lichts an kirks whaur nocht but mist an chitt on page 77

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
in huntit frae their hames an kirks an outlawed for nae reason ba on page 25
ry pairish. Driven frae their kirks, the Presbyterian Covenantin on page 51

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The sicht o auld kirks bein restored, on page 93

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
eein a country that cried its kirks kirks, its brigs brigs, an it on page 14

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
In Machars hames an kirks, faimilies an freens haud han on page 69

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Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - In Liverpool Cathedral, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
And ither kirks they bigg, on page 102

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
an mony biggings, castles an kirks forby. But the intries is mai on page 130

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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
aroque periods — Europe’s kirks an royal courts wis the patro
mair. Mony o the bigger Scots kirks haed lang haen ‘Sang Schule
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
is important no juist for the kirks in Scotland but for Scotland
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McClurg, Fernando The Potemkin Pairty, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
peasants, trig hooses, bonnie kirks an the like. Efter the royal
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
effective social hubs sic as kirks, the steamie, trade unions, p
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Kirk Jn, Albert Feydom, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
wis airchin rackets intae kirks
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@LairnScots tweeted
a Scots map o their toon, wi kirks, braes, burns... https://t.co (2018) twitter link

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
them calories. Mony o Porto's kirks are stottin maisterpieces o f on page 9

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
p yirsel lik they dae in some kirks; an it seems aat's nae aabody on page 24
r, of coorse, it's een o thon kirks faar ye pray stannin up but s on page 26

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - Obituary for David Ogston, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
kirks. In 1993, the hielicht o the on page 12

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
n heicht o the toun, frae its kirks tae its cassies, the verra wa
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@cligeey tweeted
@watterloony The kirks are offering ti open up nae s(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Kirks, palaces, claes, kers - bae on page 27

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Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
it's open the morn though aw kirks etc noo shut.(2020) search twitter