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Use in varieties of Scots

cailleach Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.1 4.6 0 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences109 0 0 0 1 0
Number of authors5 4 1

Occurrences of cailleach in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Cailleach an Maiden on page 32

3 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
hie-heidit the Cailleach, see, brankit sae brawlie on page 17
souple bends the Cailleach, ay, the Speirit's upon her on page 18
rits or gods forbye, like the Cailleach, the Eastren Lord, the Guidwy on page 33

4 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
s kwerious ti sei whedder the cailleach hed a blak baudrons, an richt
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
Having now a wee thocht anent Cailleach for c. November etc. Mourning(2020) search twitter

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Inby a whyte-heidit cailleach mummils til hirsell on page 38

1 matches

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