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Use in varieties of Scots

ballad Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.1 11.3 9 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2922 6 0 1 0 0
Number of authors20 13 6 1

Occurrences of ballad in Corpus

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Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
BALLAD OF THE KING, THE CUDDY, AND T on page 3

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Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
The wey the aald ballad said we should hae. on page 198

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
s. It micht be a great-hertit ballad weel sung that rugs at yer br on page 56

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Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
fine sections oan poetrie an ballad, aye stressin the pynt that t on page 84

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
'The Ballad i the Thorn' is a poetic an b on page 5

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
The Ballad o the Auld East End on page 120

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
ou flit fae me like words o a ballad on page 19

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
, Maidment and Kinloch's smaa ballad books that were prentit jist on page 69

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Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Ballad o an Irish student
an leave a daft ould ballad intact.
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 63 - The Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2003, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
o mine frae the International Ballad Conference, cam owre the Herr
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Eunson, Catherine Freude, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
There wis naethin Child Ballad aboot oor tragedy.
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wee-windaes Whit is Scots?, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2018) Central, prose
day. It haes a lang-staundin ballad an literary tradition. The fi
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@ionafyfe tweeted
o the time I slipped a Bothy Ballad in Doric-Scots intae the UK B(2020) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ae release ae EP wi the bothy ballad "Brose for ma breakfast, my d(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
ble wee video aboot the bothy ballad: https://t.co/fXCXCZgEkD. #Sc (2020) twitter link

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I' BALLAD O' JOCK AN OKI on page 178

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
in The Fishin', ane o a Radio-Ballad series, makkit fur the BBC at
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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
Bothy Ballad
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
r favourite #Doric fowk bothy ballad? https://t.co/gOKr9xSqZW(2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
@TacketyBeets Aye nae ballad singers onywye(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
t mient ma on ‘at rare bothy ballad, the muckle gawkit gype ????(2020) search twitter

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Da Ballad o Vadlure, Waas on page 59

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