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preachin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.5 16.4 28.6 0 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences5332 19 0 0 1 1
Number of authors17 10 5 1 1

Occurrences of preachin in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
r the true disciples o Christ preachin freely the Word o God.' on page 24
outlawed for nae reason baur preachin the true word o Christ... an on page 25
against Conventicles, whaurby preachin at a conventicle wis punishab on page 27
n left his kirk tae cairry on preachin the true Word o God tae his p on page 30
everend Thomas Douglas wad be preachin, an folk wad be trevellin fra on page 34
Also on pages 51
7 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
an aa the wey roun Scotland, preachin Christ oor Saviour. An he lan on page 14

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
hop o Canterbury or somethin, preachin tae me aboot honesty? Ye're j on page 19

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ot a guid seat, fer Haldane's preachin aye drew a big crowd. on page 35

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Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
preachin-box declined til mausoleum, on page 107

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Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
, aside fae ma weekend mercat preachin, ah'm tryin tae stairt tae ui
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
in feat wi nae sense o aither preachin or performance. It comes ower
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Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
tho. He travelled the country preachin fur the nixt 5 years. The law
tae him. Only thing wis field preachin wis still declared illegal.
ept it an continued his field preachin. The Privy Cooncil offered a
Undeterred he continued preachin until 1st February when he wi

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
the respect he deserves, his preachin skill talked aboot, his sermo
hud anither skill apart frae preachin the gospel... Ane ah find ver

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
e Presbyterians, took tae the preachin lik a duck tae watter an trav
Scotland whaur he did a bit o preachin an learnt hoo dangerous it wi
Cameron taks aff on his field preachin mission. Ane ither preacher,
i Cameron’s plans fur field preachin. Sometimes they wur thegither
at cairried awa wi him an his preachin that they stertit tae accompa

Facebook link ( 2017) Central
In twa short preachin years Cameron taen on the gov

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
ey came, indulged themsels in preachin complicatit sermons an arguin

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
e Presbyterians, taen tae the preachin lik a duck tae watter, an tra

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
ameron intended takin anither preachin meetin. Wi as mony folk on ho

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
th Lanarkshire aifter a field preachin meetin nearby

Niven, Liz Burnin Whins, (Luath 2004) Central, poetry
preachin religion instead o yer rhymes
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
independence carrot she keeps preachin tae us - scotland is well on (2020) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ut he did try his haan at the preachin, ye ken. At the Soup Kitchen, on page 34

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
keys for the fower himes. The preachin fae the poopit screed on an o on page 100

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
The minister wis due tae be preachin at Glass on page 15

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
e gaed roon e hale o Galilee, preachin i the temples, tellin o e Gos on page 10
e fowk were dumfoonert at his preachin, cause | he spak wi aathority on page 15
ed aa roon e howe o e Jordan, preachin att gin ye be baptised an tur on page 83
n they were teen aback bi his preachin an e pooer o his wird. Noo th on page 86
Ae day as he wis preachin, e Pharisees an laayers were on page 87
Also on pages 88, 92, 95, 104, 105, 113, 114, 116, 118
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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - Obituary for David Ogston, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
the Catholic Kirk in Scotlan, preachin frae the poupit, whaur a serm on page 12

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Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
the effeckwal ca o Gud i the preachin o the Gospel; ‘ull convick
1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Wus murder at tha preachin. on page 39

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