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lan Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words48.1 19.7 68.9 0 0 43.7 287.4
Number of occurrences14937 43 0 0 4 65
Number of authors40 15 10 2 14

Occurrences of lan in Corpus

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Central

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
A kent mair aboot thon muckle lan o on page 3

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - Pystle Frae Aberbrothock, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
An vinkished oor lan, ilka vailley an ben, on page 55

2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 82 - Biggin the Great Nor Road, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
strand tae strand. Whae buys lan, inbrings timber, on page 67

1 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Tae cairry him tae a distant lan' on page 18

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
lan scratched his backside an sai on page 1

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
here tae lan, nae surfer tae disrupt on page 16

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
an thi toom nyse o a dwynan lan on page 61

1 matches

Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
e life an the birr, forby the lan needin less fowk wi graith be on page 21

7 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
Wi'oot leavin yer ain lan ye can still be an exile wha on page 9

2 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 82 - Tecumseh, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Tae ring the lan whilk the quhyt interlowpers on page 87

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 59 - Eleiven Quad Bike Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Mind, the lan frae whilk ye came, on page 114

3 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
avaigers, I aipen, for whitna lan on page 34

1 matches

McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Tap Table, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
you! divvyin oot the dales o lan and watter on page 117

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
The whilie A spy oot the lan.
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Hie'lan' mountains, rugged coires,
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
in the air ah breathe, in the lan’ ah’ walk ower, in the mu
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
, smaa fermers cleart aff the lan, weemen thair lane wi seick b
tain margins. This wis aa new lan, an there wis guid alluvial y
e? Better wait an see foo the lan lies. “Ah’m fae Tibet.”
thair gairdens as productive lan nooadays. She’d meant tae k
lood, tellin names in an arid lan. They were twins an Beatrice
10 matches

Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
irtery an ilka intimmer i the lan. The sea skuffin agin the str
1 matches

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
them nae affa gweed furr the lan, the beasties, or the elfin f on page 84

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
n that lang fee'd He left the lan an learnt his trade on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ky Doric spikkin bodie in the lan. "An Ah think it's vital at w on page 8
wis nae place fir him in the lan o the livin. He leukit oan es on page 77

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Joyce rolled her een. "It'll lan ye in trouble some day. Come on page 10
in full o fun an lachter. The lan hid rolled oot aroon's fir as on page 21
pairt o the lan as it is o me. So, fin Mither on page 22
on fir a chiel aat wirked the lan." An syne she'd tittit an add on page 91
ps, lookin doon ower Hillies' lan. The Garioch grun spraaled oo on page 92
Also on pages 95
8 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
wis born in Bethlehem, i the lan o Judea at e time fan Herod w on page 8
Sae they cam till e lan o e Gadarines, ower by Galile on page 94

3 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"Back till lan again, an'-at's all e first f on page 96

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
h o yer tryin tae warstle wir lan oot wir haans. A wheen o us t on page 89

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
e the watter. 'Ye're aye in e lan o the leevin, than,' says I, on page 88

1 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
"For the Garioch is a bonnie lan,
Noo, the Garioch is a bonnie lan.
2 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Cabrach Days, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
That vrocht the Cabrach lan.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
. Fitiver faimly happened tae lan bi the roadside hoose, they w
, deep doon in the wame o the lan, ooto sicht o mortal een, the
d o Isaac. I shall gie ye the lan ye lie on tae yersel an yer b
ss deepened its grip ower the lan. The anely soun wis the wee s
hat thy days be lang upon the lan that the Lord thy God his gie
5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Fixit o Meikleburgh's junkie-lan, her current ee-candy an sque
s gyang the nicht awa tae the lan o the blae-backit singin whal
dear life wi niver a sicht o lan, fur yon demons hid cursed he
rry his genes tae indwell the lan o Aquas aneth the ocean. Ilki
the Septiles could thole the lan, tho they'd bin fashioned tae
12 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
e maist pouerfu chiels in the lan toss the caber, the swackest
r, the swackest queats in the lan rin the hill race, an the lic
2 matches

Harper, Edith The Wye Athin Chynges, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric, poetry
etin o exiles, drien fae this lan,
Ahint this strand lies the lan they left
Noo the lan is hame tae groose an peesie-
3 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
ae ken the fur-ahint frae the lan-afore. on page 131

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 74 - I Hae A Drame, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, poetry
douce lan o libertie,
Lan whaur ma faithers deid,
lan o the pilgrim’s pride,
3 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Tae this waitin lan aroon me, on page 1
A biggin gran, a worl o lan on page 30

3 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Alang some ither streetch o lan. on page 3
sh Croatians bigged thair ain lan on page 5
arls, thrie leids, in yin wee lan on page 6
A plunnér through a lan o draims on page 12
Tha mair thon lan's ahint tha veil on page 13
Also on pages 18, 22, 26, 30, 34
12 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
dream-weeyin movin through a lan on page 5
Pluckt in a far-awa lan. on page 6
"Baak tae lan agane, an-thon's at the furst on page 99

3 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
'But you, Bethlehem, ïn tha lan o Judah, ye ir bi nae mains t on page 2
"In tha lan o Zebulun an tha lan o Naphtali, on page 4
ther side o tha loch, tae tha lan whar tha Gadarenes leeved, th on page 9
wus a bïg hung'r ower aa tha lan. An thair wus monie weedas ï on page 76
ae pit oot a weethin frae tha lan. An he sut doon an taicht tha on page 77
Also on pages 83, 84, 95, 96, 101, 105, 109, 110
21 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
She wid fancy a wee bit o' lan.' on page 22
Dae yae think he'll ivir lan'? on page 39
Whin yae hear it in anither lan', it mak's yir heart rejoice; on page 42
uildin', in a far aff foreign lan'; on page 43
r, that oul rocky sundrenched lan', on page 44

5 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
An turn't tha wastit lan tae mak it guid. on page 1
merriet, an he had a fairm o lan. on page 3
An nae matter whut wie in ye lan, yell hae a stye raa doon. on page 5
fifties, an tuk a wee fairm o lan belangin tae tha Marquis o Lu on page 7
s hairt, an he rentit oot tha lan tae yin o tha neebours noo, f on page 16
Also on pages 22
7 matches

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
Respeck fur tha lan airt o ilka kintrie-pairt or on page 14

1 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
nt. Doon through history this lan' hes hed Airish, Scotch an' I on page 15
lan'scape an' sae oan, bit we ken on page 63

2 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Since they funned ma wee hame lan. on page 43

1 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
heid-coont fiel warkers micht lan wi ye shane efter tha day o t
1 matches

Gibson, Darren Oor ain strange lan, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ards, poetry
Oor ain strange lan
Strangers in oor ain strange lan.
2 matches

Hume, David The Aldfreck Coalmining Disaster, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ballycarry, poetry
the glarry cley corner o his lan;
1 matches

Gibson, Darren Solace, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ards, poetry
As spate owertaks tha lan,
1 matches

Gillen, Charles Oot Here Mae Lane, (Words without Borders Magazine 2004) Ulster, prose
hunts the mist fae the lan',
1 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
rocht lang iverie day oan tha lan, growein prootas, kale an ban
avaigin thon gate but fur tae lan in on thaim. The’ niver saa
2 matches

Gillen, Charles Whun A’ The Kye Had Names, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
dane, they know’d aboot the lan.
ir lake Jamie, an’ love the lan’ that’s lent ye,
2 matches

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