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ferms Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14 14.4 6 9.9 0 124 0
Number of occurrences4528 4 1 0 12 0
Number of authors19 15 1 1 2

Occurrences of ferms in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
river; touns and villages and ferms. He held on page 18

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ad settled intae guid fertile ferms, efter King William had hunti on page 66
uist across the road were the ferms o Tounheid, Midtoun an Tounfu on page 70

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
rsifyin awa fae bein jist big ferms. Altho the estates had a need on page 82

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
es. Sprites, wings o the wind ferms. on page 88
And wind ferms spin and burn yer toast, on page 116

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
n in the glen there wis three ferms. The men that had these ferms on page 1
hey widna gang back tae their ferms until the tod wis catchit. on page 29
sent messages doon tae their ferms, spierin for tents and sleepi on page 30
e the order gaed doon tae the ferms, and that nicht a hunner and on page 33
'I'd ken ma wey aroond these ferms wi ma heid in a poke. It's aw on page 51

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Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
wfu tasty wi toast. F was for ferms an fermers. Aa the laddies we on page 120

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Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
o the young lads had left the ferms tae work the mines. They mich on page 17

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Jamie, Kathleen Eemis Stane 1 - Whimbrel, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
ng nor-wastawa ower the Angus ferms like they kent whaur they wer on page 5

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
been fashin everybody in the ferms and the touns. Be a guid ladd on page 18

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Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
r centuries, touns, abbeys an ferms were blootert, as Scotland an on page 127

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Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Kenspeckle Man, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
an ferms be the ayeweys flichterin sea
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
argil-bargillin ower hames, ferms an laun. It tirned frae a mel
excaise, thai herried aw the ferms an burghs, settin
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
oot eldritch gauins-on at the ferms an places aboot Westerha on t
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Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
d. Mair nor thon, he pit mony ferms tae the torch. Wallace, guair
e Scots fowk, set the fertile ferms o the Lothians ablaze. He wan
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Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ver an thereaboot intae sheep ferms. Tae dae this he wis gied the
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
eiths in that wey war rife on ferms in thae days. But we bairns w
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
evitably, tane the larry past ferms an clachans, they drave wi wa
evitably, tane the larry past ferms an clachans, they drave wi wa
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
is aquent wi stravaigin throu ferms, clachans an touns an he set
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Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
e stallion that gaed roon the ferms servin the meers, he hid nive
ies fa'd come and gaen on the ferms he'd wirked on. Whyles, they'
ishwife that trampit roon the ferms on a Wednesday. It wis like t
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
t war speecially bred in fish-ferms fur the eese o the Culture-un
1 matches

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
id's been deun on the maist o ferms fae Adam wis a boy, on page 86

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Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
roon Grecian temple, ferms and stanes and banes on page 144

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Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
sma sheep ferms; Wolfcleuch Heid an Craik Hop
knowledge; aa thaim ferms ir nou pairt o the waiter hei
Telfer’s ferms. Efter staundin empie fur ane
ir, atweesh Elrig an Philhope ferms. Is ee gan forrit an owre the
the best o ma knawledge, the ferms wur selt saiprait frae the Ma
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