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Use in varieties of Scots

stirks Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.4 4.1 6 0 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences148 4 0 0 1 1
Number of authors10 5 3 1 1

Occurrences of stirks in Corpus

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Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
o a mowdie-hill. A wee curn o stirks maun hiv seen iz an cam lollo on page 22

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
stam everywhaut like a herd o stirks, wi rent breeks, skint knees on page 73

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
ae sibble. FOR KYE, BUHLS AND STIRKS, the label said. WILL SORT OO on page 29
The Grumphie, the Stirks, the Sheep, the Pownie and th on page 59
aed tae the herd o braw bleck stirks that Mr Kranky wis tryin tae on page 64
eep and grumphies and kye and stirks tae be gien a dose. on page 73

4 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
wis mair douce than herdin stirks on page 62

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“Ah’ve walked amang stirks afore noo,” Bill wis sayin.
1 matches

Doric

Strachan, Shane Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Tod’s Thoucht , (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
reerie amo the stirks, winna on page 79

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
aul for kye An feedin hens an stirks forbye on page 15

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Northwords Now 43 - Shane Strachan, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Doric, poetry
reerie amo the stirks, winna on page 19

1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@aduncan59 Aye stirks n dubs(2020) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
, Ah'm gan ootby tae caum the stirks!(2020) search twitter

Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
methin fur aa tastes. Thair's stirks an kye (some moilies), nannie on page 20

1 matches

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