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faar Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words26.9 6.1 105.1 0 29.1 0 0
Number of occurrences8712 70 0 5 0 0
Number of authors16 2 14 1

Occurrences of faar in Corpus

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Central

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
But faar's the help tae us, peer cheil on page 50

2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
rn, wis no tae hae bairns. As faar as we kent - as faar as Ah k
as we kent - as faar as Ah ken tae this day - the
rse wirsels in the watter. As faar as the ee can see, there fowk
“Ah wad hae tae ging that faar back,” she sayed finally,
body wad hae muckle mind that faar back,” he sayed. “Bit for
10 matches

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 67 - Twa poems bi Douglas Kynoch, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
Ye dinna ken faar't's been. on page 63

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
e the aal binch in e gairden, faar ma mither haed been sittin on on page 56

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
"Ah! A......a. Faar A'm A?" speirt Farquhar, ettl on page 97
"A canna thole bidin faar the neibors ir aye rackin iz on page 99

4 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
Ferguson Newman's hoose, than faar's he?' on page 80

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 90 - The Trump, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, poetry
'An faar wad a vaagrant lik ee o aa me on page 34
An faar wad we sup wir ain kail? on page 35

2 matches

Robertson, W. F. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Fit Een's Ken?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
An faar they slept, fowk wid wunner, on page 47

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
trubbul weis, thi Trust weis faar faister thin heis, so he weis on page 12
hoo" aroart. We speert aat em faar eit caim fae, an hee say's, " on page 33
lter, deebaiten aw thi wuiy, "Faar weis we gan tae park wer car' on page 65

6 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
ach loon, aa owre for we're faar kent ... on page 29

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
Ere's es kirk. A winna say faar it is. It's near aneugh or fa on page 24
, Fergie becam keerious aboot faar es graan soun was comin fae. on page 26
ings warna oonkent i the Wast faar she cam fae. She bade him tel on page 27

6 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 57 - Mac, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Doric, prose
; an wis fun tip a lime-tree, faar he'd been chasin birds. It wi on page 27

1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 83 - Chief wi Een Anither, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
ock o creesh bit ey didna ken faar ti pit it. In e hinnereyn, ef on page 83

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
An tho a dwaamie souch, faar hyne, Aa throu our tale mith on page 8
it's jist like our trunce as faar's ye can see, but ye ken, it on page 14
e the brod thon gait. Ye'd be faar better lattin me help ye, wad on page 18
see an gettin dichtit: he wes faar ower stamagastert tae gie a s on page 19
"I cwid see the gairden faar better," said Ailice tae hers on page 24
Also on pages 29, 54, 62, 74, 77, 93
11 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
ailins afore aat. Weel, aat's faar aa the sotter was. Twise a wi on page 88
he says, 'i the verra street faar the ull-deer bides.' on page 90

2 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
"Faar will we get a bonnie firm
"Oh, faar will ye get the siller fae
Faar ye will ne’er get nane,
Faar coontless costly contracts ra
"Faar did ye get five million poun
7 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Doric Sweet Talk, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
Aa'm nae that ill faar't,
1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
tae masel, as A gaed ower tae faar she steed in her gowd frame.
il her car; she says “Weel, faar daev we gyang fae here?” It
her hame, A canna imaigin; an faar he thocht she’d been aa tha
3 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
believe T.V. programme, faar fowk faa aboot actin. Efter t
1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
idna hae likit streechin ower faar wey thur pair
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
he wisna like aat. Thon Place faar we wir bairns, bairnlike. Jis
day. I’m for hine, hine awa faar naebodie kens me, nor kens fi
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Sanners Gow's Tales and Folklore of the Buchan - The Clootie Dummmplin!, (Ayton Publishing 2017 ISBN: 978-1910601419) Doric - Banffshire, prose
yard at the back o the hoosie faar Jocky grew aa kinds o berries
neist year. Aal Jocky helpit faar he could an brunt aa the deed
mornin’s yokin. Gweed sakes faar diz he pit it aa?’ Onywye J
3 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
le in, his mind wiz oot there faar his laddie lay. He’d seen m
ection. A nursie took her tae faar Michael wiz and she sat hudin
the coals, speirin as she did faar aboot she cam fae?
saw the bloody scratch marks faar her neebour hid tried tae cla
4 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
sic like? The janny tellt ma faar tae look so I crawled up tae
tae look so I crawled up tae faar the coils o bunting lay an st
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
cht patrol. He’d nae a clue faar he wiz and daylicht wiz comin
1 matches

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
comin through the burial grun faar the grave o McDougal wiz. He
1 matches

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Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - Da Odyssey (1-75), (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, poetry
Sae faar, sin he spuilied da helly bro
Odysseus, ta lat him stravaig faar fae haem."
2 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
da wird ‘dialect’ doon as faar as you laek - Aest Burra, Wa
laek haff an watter, at - as faar as I’m awaar - naebody say
gie up experimental writin is faar fae obvious. In fact, da hael
3 matches

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