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Use in varieties of Scots

barra Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.1 7.2 21.1 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2914 14 0 0 0 1
Number of authors16 8 7 1

Occurrences of barra in Corpus

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Central

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
ti the cheil at trinnilt the barra, "fess up alang-syde an heize on page 4

2 matches

Cameron, Peter Lallans 58 - The Cornfields o Lowdie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
anerlie the lassie wi the tea-barra - sic a dunt she gied me. on page 47

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2017 ISBN: 978-1785300592) Central - Glasgow, weans
Catch ye later, wee barra!" on page 13

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
The wee Barra hinks . . . this is totally b on page 8

1 matches

McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Soond shift, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
An yet a helicopter on the Barra strand on page 49

2 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ugh the toon an they had this barra wi stuff oan it that they wir on page 46

3 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
The barra’s awfy shoogly, but then, s
w in a heap oan the grun, the barra lyin a few fit awaiy fae me,
2 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
her ken ye’ve layed oot yir barra fyr a mortal?”
1 matches

Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Izzata marra on yer barra clava?
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
rn hame Ye'll gey near need a barra" Bit Lachie wisna finished ye on page 15

1 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
-croonin mellin wi skellochin barra-boys on page 3

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
te the hasher; syne rowin the barra ben the byre, smellin the swe on page 88

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
d the plastic wi twa or three barra load o chuckies. Jonar's nees
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
fit wis left o him in ower a barra, took the barra
, took the barra
peat barra. He aye said it kept him fit.
Jonsar Eck couldnae find his barra, somebody hid stolen it, an w
4 matches

Hutchison, Pat Sanners Gow's Tales and Folklore of the Buchan - The Clootie Dummmplin!, (Ayton Publishing 2017 ISBN: 978-1910601419) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e passed throwe wi the loaded barra his sark caught on a nail tha
o a stotter Jocky coupit the barra an skailed the kale reets abo
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
and looked as if ye'd need a barra tae fill it but it wiz the fi
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@DoricPhrases Get a barra min(2020) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@DoricPhrases Twa. Een at Barra berries an een at Inverurie. (2019) search twitter
ligeey Far better straabs fae Barra Berries ??(2019) search twitter

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Grannie hapt in a barra, alang wi tha breid on page 5

1 matches

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