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Use in varieties of Scots

yard Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.5 1.1 38.4 19.9 58.1 10.9 26.5
Number of occurrences452 24 2 10 1 6
Number of authors23 2 10 2 4 1 4

Occurrences of yard in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
the break-ins doon the canal yard. Best you get that lad up tae on page 1

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ready fur the bloody knackers yard, ah’m tellin ye.
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Anither hobby is her yard on page 15

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
hid a fig-tree plantit in his yard. He gaed oot tae see gin ther on page 104

2 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
then above a scrap-metal yard, on page 32

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
e main road that ran past his yard. Jonsar gaed awa doon
in your yard, wid that be a'a richt?" Jons
2 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
sar Eck wis workin awa in his yard a fermer comes wanderin in
yard every fortnicht for the hale
ime the fermer came intae the yard for sawdust he gaed Jonsar Ec
yard he often hid a look aroon. Th
4 matches

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
d fairies at the fit o’ ees yard.
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Sanners Gow's Tales and Folklore of the Buchan - The Clootie Dummmplin!, (Ayton Publishing 2017 ISBN: 978-1910601419) Doric - Banffshire, prose
They’d a fine yard at the back o the hoosie faar
e get yokit an michty but the yard wiz a fair caa tee. Onyhoo wi
ers Lendrum if he’d dee the yard for him. Ackers wiz a lot you
at ilka time he vrocht in the yard Mrs Robson wid come oot wi a
4 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
r gettin a jobbie at the fish yard they’d be destitute. Noo ta
bit ‘but-na-ben’ and the yard wiz fulled o figures carved f
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
r folk rinnin throwe her back yard as the new lad’s mates used
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
es o the Roads Department’s yard at Boyndie and mysel tryin ta
y of the Roads Department’s yard at Boyndie, which had once be
2 matches

Shearer, Gillian Skitin Oan Thin Ice, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2019) Doric - Alford, prose
eetin. He luikit oot ower the yard, oot bye the fields aa smoori
1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
yer, 43 times he completed 30 yard passes. Unheard o. #BallonDor(2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
of the same name in the kirk yard not sure about ties yet thoug(2020) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
d sat there undisturbed. Kirk Yard - measure lichen patches on (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
out ready for the knacker’s yard in 1960, he set in motion cha
1 matches

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
flat tap steens o' the peedie yard dyke at the back o' the hoose
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
da hubbleskyu o da busy fairm-yard-while da bröls o da kye ida on page 126

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
t twa muckle desses i da back yard ta feed da kye an ollie lambs on page 8
hard wirkin fokk at wrocht da yard, an plantit it. Bit it medd m on page 9

5 matches

Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
a daal. But as dey guid by da yard daek, da midder soo tellt dem
1 matches

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
Oot in ta da yard we hurried, till a coarn skro
andin dere, lookin in ower da yard daek, watchin everything at w
est o dem wis comin oot by da yard.
3 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
th hurly-burly o th busy ferm-yard-while th lowin o th coos in t on page 124

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
They wut in the yard an Alfie was houlin hir han a on page 1

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Wull be pride of mae wee yard on page 45

1 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Wee Broon Hen, (no publisher recorded 2022) Ulster, poetry
And its up the yard wi the hen I go and I take he
ook her up tae his part o the yard, and set her intae his pen
I realised that we had a full yard o beautiful wee broon hens
3 matches

@OrangRuth tweeted
s brought all the boys to the yard. Thon Sarah Palin knows nathi(2016) search twitter

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