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Use in varieties of Scots

bairn's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.4 12.6 10.4 29.8 5.8 10.3 0
Number of occurrences3725 7 3 1 1 0
Number of authors25 16 5 2 1 1

Occurrences of bairn's 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

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
im name a price. Swear oan ma bairn's life, I'll never touch anithe on page 1

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
bairn's keep, gin ye ettle for her ta on page 30
rk went a lang wey toward the bairn's keep. on page 33
tin his bunnet at her for the bairn's sake. on page 42

3 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
he auld ains say that a dirty bairn's a healthy bairn. Ma mither-in on page 4

1 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
a bairn's on page 93
felt ma bairn's face flinch on page 96

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
helps wis concerned aboot the bairn's safety as she walked through on page 10
fur the bairn. Then it's the bairn's property when he or she grows on page 198

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
and look at this, awbody! The bairn's foond Wonka's last Gowden Tic on page 52
Toys tae fill a bairn's playpen. on page 90

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
And the Bairn's ward gien ower tae prisoners on page 137

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
s face while ye're at it. The bairn's no gaun tae swally that. (Mim on page 60

1 matches

Cameron, Peter Lallans 58 - The Cornfields o Lowdie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
nd brakkin my leg aince (some bairn's mishanter). When they tuik af on page 47

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
h dyke, an hunker-slid doon a bairn's sclide tae the burn baunk, wh on page 84

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
her bairn's een which open, blink, then s on page 112

1 matches

Landles, William Lallans 73 - Welcome, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Was lifted a Bairn's first cry, on page 57

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
o the poems in the pamphlet o bairn's rhymes an stories written in
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
chafts were like a year-auld bairn's, an' creish my pow wi' the cl
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
r turn o bein the best sellin bairn's buik in the Capital's Waterst
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
us Hae ye read Liz Lochhead's Bairn's Sang/Kid's Poem acause it say(2020) search twitter
irplin, hirpilt; hippin for a bairn's clootie putit on tae resorb w(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
ae a'hing ye cin tae save yer bairn's life, but Leanne is deludit. (2020) search twitter
d they pit a poly bag on that bairn's heid at the end?! ?? https://(2020) search twitter

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
limt it afore. In fack, as ma bairn's shanks warslet up its heather on page 55
rneen. We baith laacht ower a bairn's joukerie pawkerie; but kennin on page 56

2 matches

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Leaves, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
e wis eleivin, fan she foun a bairn's toy watch meant for her fower on page 22

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
named aifter ma twa brither's bairn's, "John an Dean," an me aye li on page 60

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
RGH!" Donald roart oot as the bairn's cricket baa Cam spinnin throw on page 41

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
rustin oot er assets. "Like a bairn's backside." on page 29

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
d the hooses thegither like a bairn's lego. Here, a rowth o faither
1 matches

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
the devil himsel. I'd selt me bairn's sowl. I'd gaen two kye milk f on page 21

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
nitch o need, but waakan. The bairn's een is clossan an unner the s on page 36
he Naemer draas a ring on the bairn's broo, haads skinnymalinky air on page 128

2 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
gry. Noises cam fae da hoose. Bairn's voices. Shö jumpit up on da
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Ahlice! A wee bairn's story tak, on page 6

1 matches

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