A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

yairns Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.4 4.1 0 0 0 0 26.6
Number of occurrences148 0 0 0 0 6
Number of authors10 5 5

Occurrences of yairns in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
he warld brocht oot its daurk yairns then, on page 4

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
frae real tales tae yairns an back on page 84

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
l hae cum athort monie o thir yairns an eiriorums afore. The first on page 137
e, ye'l cum athort unfeinisht yairns, or thaim that, bi thair verr on page 143

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
The hinmaist twa yairns i the clekkin, ‘Death of th
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
a lang tradeitioun o aventur yairns bi Scottish owthars. Whan bot
1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
es tae reflect upo the bygane yairns aboot sea serpents an ither f
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
s taen in poems, plays, short yairns, academic buiks, airtikils, r
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
oot the banjo. He aye enjoyed yairns aboot hir days on the Waterlo on page 31

1 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Sitch yairns an crack tae lift oor hairts. on page 30

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
An Lyttle spun his cantie yairns o on page 2

1 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
want tar bae touched bae the yairns o' on page 63
tual Ulster-Scots, hear thair yairns aa commonity level, enjoy tha on page 672

2 matches

Warwick, Matthew Tha Feardie Geng hae tae bide at hame, (Sensory Attachment Centre 2020) Ulster - Ballymena, weans
Scared Gang fowk, drawins an yairns ir copyrichtit.
1 matches

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