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Use in varieties of Scots

fermin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.2 8.1 17.9 9.9 0 20.7 8.9
Number of occurrences3316 12 1 0 2 2
Number of authors16 10 4 1 1 1

Occurrences of fermin in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ceship, Hugh had nae notion o fermin, but as faur as his twa aulde on page 78

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
n anither lyfe frae fishin an fermin,' on page 14

2 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
rouwin up in a Fife fishin an fermin community, ninety-odd years g on page 54

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
nt maun be taen o wildlife an fermin notices, in parteecular throu on page 65

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 58 - The Sang o the Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
wis born intil the North East fermin community in the days whan fo on page 77

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
e open a windae on the life o fermin fowk an heritors. The'r mair on page 131

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
hou fowk uises the laund for fermin, forestry an industry an the
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
beuks o the fermin fowk on the Great Plains some
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
nce noo, but still A gied the fermin up.
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
ither places shaw a confident fermin an fishin fowk wha traded wi
rious base. Guid fishin, guid fermin an relative safety.
2 matches

Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
t aa explodit. Fae this base, fermin grew mair complex, civilisati
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
hear ma faither speakin; heez fermin upbringin giein him a richer
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
Gavin Hamilton the lawyer, an fermin Mossgeil wi his brither. He
1 matches

Doric

Uri, Antonia North East filmmakker feart for the futur o Doric, (Doric Future 2019) Doric, blog
o oor cultur fit is actually fermin. So, we hiv got a lot o ‘fe
. So, we hiv got a lot o ‘fermin spik’ as ye wad say”.
2 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
DOOCOT FERMIN
Ths wis a wye o fermin, dated awa back aboot the Rom
biggin wis used for fermin doos. A Doocot the size o Fin
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
oonted the milk cans that his fermin sons at Darraknowe an Mathric
its secret placies. Isie said Fermin an Natur baith hid their nest
thew Bruce wid hae disagreed. Fermin wis bred inno him. The Bruces
he fack that he wid hae three fermin sons insteid o twa, an haik a
bairns aa grown an aa either fermin or teachin, or ower the braid
5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
sh an corn frae the fishin an fermin units in Sector 8 tae hae the
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@Bob55492332 Nae fermin being deen i morn.(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Hershaw, William Seivin Verses for GMB, (Scottish Poetry Library 2015) Orkney, poetry
They are fermin the fower winds:
1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
. Descendents o Wattie ir nou fermin Howcleuch Ferm, anenst Robert
clyke age til masel; rejeckit fermin
2 matches

Ulster

Gillen, Charles Whun A’ The Kye Had Names, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
A man wha knowed the fermin’ trade, an’ al’ his kye
He’s fermin’ up in Heaven whur al’ hi
2 matches

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