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sailed Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.3 10.1 6.4 19.9 34.9 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3219 4 2 6 0 1
Number of authors26 15 3 2 5 1

Occurrences of sailed in Corpus

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Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
l o the ae bonnie pictur. She sailed doun the years, crouse an kir on page 17

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
'd make a great gangie. So we sailed it along tae oor end.' on page 1

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
The Lovely Nelly sailed fae Carsethorn oan the Solway on page 56

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
n the nor-east, then turnt an sailed awa back again tae France - on page 73

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Sailed the Seven Seas of Empire, on page 51

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Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
the boy that sailed on page 63

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Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
An imagine square-sailed langboats ridin on page 201

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McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
Whan the Carnegies sailed fur Pittsburgh, on page 18

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ickfergus the French squadron sailed; on page 98
ackt ten tae a room till they sailed awa on page 99

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Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
and his sangs sailed doon on yin and aw. on page 23

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
as she sailed towards the mune on page 37

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
led by the women. As Hercules sailed awa wi Hippolyta's belt in hi on page 41
Hercules sailed awa as fast as he could until on page 49

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Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
when Donnie Bain sailed up the Foyle
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
e pit on his plumed helmet an sailed aff in a ship fou o Cretan wa
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@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
elsh Cooncil juice? Aye an ah sailed up the Clyde oan a banana boa (2022) twitter link
dinks79 @star_welsh Aye an ah sailed up the Clyde oan a banana boa (2022) twitter link

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
z born, there wiz a mannie fa sailed I'sea on page 118

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Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
OYAL BOATIE BLEEZIN WI LICHTS sailed on a quaet sea. There wis mus on page 114

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
. Frae the time that his ship sailed ooto the herbor o Aiberdeen,
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
a pirate in his youth and had sailed the seven seas in search o Sp
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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
An life sailed on sublimely as each day pass on page 77

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Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
As we sailed through 'Strip the Willow', I on page 4

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
no surprised. I mind whin we sailed tagidder, dey wir things ... on page 74

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Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
chts begood ta höm. Da crews sailed for hame. Aa bit ane. Young H
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Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
Da closser dey sailed tae da Arctic, da warse da dr
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Sinclair, James Murmansk, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Shetland, poetry
convoys, da men an cargoes he sailed wi.
Dey sailed itill yun frozen waaters i da
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
I've just sailed aroond Foula and I didna spew(2013) search twitter

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
jesus climmed ïntae a béat, sailed ower tha ither side an cum ta on page 9

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