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stairts Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14 11.3 4.5 39.7 0 0 70.8
Number of occurrences4522 3 4 0 0 16
Number of authors19 9 3 1 6

Occurrences of stairts in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
, "Fore the Queen jumps up an stairts shoutin 'He's murderin the ti on page 71
oarts ae hings-everythin that stairts wae an M-" on page 74
ver feenish, if he never even stairts." Bit she waitit onywey. on page 94
"Course twinklin stairts wae a T!"? said the King sher on page 110

5 matches

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
t like a klaxon, dwynes doon, stairts again. on page 84

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
. And then, efter a few fause stairts, the hale fairm burst intae ' on page 6

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
stairts ower. on page 179

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
SAe I jist hope naebody stairts the Cheesy Fingir up again. I on page 10
CD player straicht aff us and stairts in giein us pure Tokyo. on page 34

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
In case it stairts a rammy. on page 18

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
She stairts by giein us an innin tae the on page 62

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
The buik stairts aff wi a brekdoun o the the k on page 110

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
The timeline at the end jist stairts aff in 1296. While the'r an i on page 130

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 56 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
e the 21st? Ay! The Millenium stairts neist year, thare niver wis 9 on page 15

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
creensaver that, like ithers, stairts whan ye lea’ yer computer i
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
Davidson or a Jackson Carlaw stairts peddlin it doon the mercat wi
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
y at Westmínster or Holyrood stairts haudin oor feet tae the fire,
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ates in the back o a caur, it stairts tae mak sense hou it is sae m
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
t’s Gordon or McGregor that stairts in goals. As awbodie kens, th
1 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
fecht for the Scots language stairts the day! https://t.co/V5iaNtA(2019) search twitter

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
tric seconds afore the moshin stairts - hame on page 35

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s, like, jist tull the market stairts leukin up." on page 37

1 matches

Harper, Edith The Wye Athin Chynges, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric, poetry
stairts tae fecht oer a puckle fish o
1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
her slaet, an stairts ower again, abstrack, on page 17
hts the morn, an than the osc stairts skrekkan like a bairn. on page 105
Darling sees the ranyie noo, stairts tae compriehend the scael o h on page 112
rn, sibleen o Brenna. Øyvind stairts whan he hears the naem. on page 129

4 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"Daniel stairts the Parochial School nixt yei on page 15

1 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ats, A wunner?" An here Alice stairts tae g'in tae a bit o a stumor on page 10
ts o things - iverythin that stairts wi an M - " on page 75
"O coorse twenklin stairts wi a T!" said the King shairp on page 113

4 matches

Warwick, Matthew Fergie an Freens oan tha fairm, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2011) Ulster - Rural Mid-Antrim, weans
llie gies his heid a dicht an stairts lauchin wi tha childer. on page 11

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
It stairts oot quait, a bummin drone, on page 21
An time stairts. on page 46

2 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ed ïn his fiel. Tha mair ït stairts aff as a gye wee seed, yit wh on page 9
guldèr, an he taks a fit an stairts foamin at tha mooth, an onlie on page 86
sus toul hïm, "Naebodie that stairts tae ploo, an keeps lukin behi on page 87
. 28Whaniver aa these thïngs stairts tae cum aboot, stan up strech on page 106

4 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Whan the coul o Winter stairts tae wane an nature stairts ta on page 46

3 matches

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
he place. Ulster-Scots poetry stairts wi William Starratt, wha corr
1 matches

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