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Use in varieties of Scots

famine Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.9 5.5 3 0 0 0 13.3
Number of occurrences1611 2 0 0 0 3
Number of authors12 8 2 2

Occurrences of famine 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

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
ame state's spulyit by war or famine? on page 25

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
freezin winters, an terrible famine. on page 63
durin The Sezven Il! Years o famine - wi het thochts mair on her on page 65
in wis the stert o the great 'Famine Frost' that gruppit Scotland on page 81

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
d gotten thru the pest an the famine. An whit were they feart o? T on page 97

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Famine an poverty, deprivation, on page 36

1 matches

Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - Mither, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Laid by agin a famine. on page 58

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
In famine time tak guid tent on page 79

1 matches

Fyall, Aitken Lallans 74 - Rabbie’s Retrospeck, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
An famine reigns whaur shud be faist.
1 matches

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@1Mikeydfc Feast or famine bud. Feast or famine ??(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
t's bin practically a state o famine. If it wisna fir speed bumps, on page 76

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
Fan he'd spent e hale lot, a famine fell upo e cuntra an he wis g on page 107

1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
run oot, thair wus a wile bad famine ower tha hale lan, an he wus on page 96

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Maked til flea frae Canaan famine, on page 15

2 matches

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