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Use in varieties of Scots

gart Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words49.3 52.4 70.9 0 0 10.3 35.4
Number of occurrences158102 47 0 0 1 8
Number of authors49 33 12 1 5

Occurrences of gart in Corpus

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Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
else at lowpit out at her or gart her fash. Insteid, the entrie on page 14
an it fell out that something gart her devaul an hae a richt thi on page 15
at her mither an whit she saw gart her dree the waurst. Her mith on page 21
Kate, but her faither's words gart her cantle up an aa. It wis w on page 23
wi a fine an sonsie feigur at gart the antrin chiel on the cause on page 28

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Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
The mead near gart me boak, an I didna get a gui on page 60

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
Yon eemage o the elephants gart the wee prince lauch. on page 22
lauched, touched the raip, an gart the pulley stert. The pulley on page 80
olver, but the stushie I made gart the serpent shauchle doucely on page 83
sense o something unmendable gart me grue. An I kent I coudna b on page 86

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
t leukin aix. But whit really gart the lads tongue-tackit wis th on page 85

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
die hissel hid fundit an that gart a wheen o that theatre's ain on page 39
reaction he gat - an aiblins gart - he fun the idee o bringin on page 40

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
ears! Ai, wae's me for him at gart me lauch an sing! A'd gie oni on page 45

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Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
- aye quait and leadin on - gart her grue like something ower on page 55

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Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
they gart me gaird the vineyairds, on page 1

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Wormwidd let oot a roar that gart the windae-panes dirl. 'Ow-w- on page 26
the orders micht be. So they gart her eat her meals oot o TV di on page 43
aight intae her ain bank. She gart me sign the papers.' on page 194

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ir words fair oot on the page gart me ferlie. A'd read mony Scot on page 58

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Fitt, Matthew Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
It gart her leap. on page 21

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Gart mark ilk thocht as fit for cl on page 8
That licht o mission purpose gart her learn on page 9
That gart ye chairge dearly aa that boc on page 11
The sudden gleet gart daizzle me, on page 19
Gart baudrons gie her glentsome hi on page 22
Also on pages 25, 37, 48, 49, 72, 77
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
the damp fae the Kinnessburn gart us finnd oor hair cauld an we on page 125

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
s singin an crackin jokes, it gart the days gang in nae bather, on page 65

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Gart summon cheil an loun. on page 50

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Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
tar gae by he cried him in an gart him sned oot a pair o buits. on page 42

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 67 - Leddy Stair’s Closse, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
An gart the hale thing rash-ma-reishi on page 141

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
a mortally seek Robert Bruce gart Edward III tae sign the Treat on page 27

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
air nor a gentie ploy, but it gart him leuk at his singers in an on page 69

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Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
the sindry circumstances that gart thaim be whit they wur: alagr on page 126
Mary, Queen o Scots, that wis gart eat his paper, afore haein hi on page 127

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ings past, an at ither times, gart me lauch oot lood. Gin the an on page 134

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
e but the threap o campainers gart the Executive vizzie the drau on page 121

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ess insensitivity that he wis gart tae pen the follaein flyte.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
As A spake a sudden thocht gart ma flesh grue. He'll hear fae
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Fairnie, Robert Thochts o Speakin Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2001) Central, prose
eak English. Whit wis it that gart thaim pit thair fit in it sae
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
An' on the Sabbath mornin she gart me shave mysel till my chafts
spellin "wird": he couldna be gart credit that onybody wad ever
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Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
the damp fae the Kínnessburn gart us finnd oor hair cauld an we
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Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
oppin like, but aa the same A gart ma feet defend ma heid, leavi
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Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ge soond grand, and this haes gart some modren Scots enthusiasts
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Fleemin, Sandy No on BBC, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
n wee smirk on her face, that gart ye wonder if she haedna murth
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
s pairt o this Forum, the SAC gart thae bodies tae send roond a
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ury, whan poleetical cheinges gart it faw intae decline. An the
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
, an lastit that lang a time, gart fowk ferlie. It wis maist lik
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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
ya”. Yon gruppit ma tent an gart me nerrae ma een. I
a a bodie amang thaim wad hae gart ye jalouse
irst shuin at puirtith haedna gart him
id mak out nocht as shuid hae gart thaim fash, wi
r baurs wadna fash us nane an gart us aet our denner
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Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
puirfowk in days whan fishing gart the port kythe weel-daein an
t the dreid o Gary Beaton had gart her barricade her lanesome ho
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
ews programs an no feelin sae gart tae speak "polite" thae days.
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Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
s education. It wis John that gart William keep a register o the
gin in some ploy that wis tae gart him faw on the wrang side o t
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Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ink tae the piece there, haes gart me consíder the naitur o Lat
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ourt steidit in Edinburgh. It gart me wunner (as a body that lan
n 1603 the union o the crouns gart the Scots court flit sooth ta
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Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
ile north, near Fawkirk. This gart the auld campaigner steel his
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
nor them aa" the listener is gart tae tak a pairt in the painfu
clars a wee bit wrang an this gart ane or twa cheques bein makit
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
our frae the lassie's fingers gart the bluid tae flow back intae
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
r a wheen aicht yeir aulds an gart ane ir twa tae pee the bed fi
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McLachlan, Jack Glessheids maun wale guid neebors tae thole the dreich Scottish climate, (University of Maine 2019) Central - Ceres, prose
the socialisin o the species gart ony physiologic chynge that l
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
heechin his tail that somehou gart ye trew what he wis threapin.
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
r erm. “That man that Falad gart ye ... it wis the twins’ fa
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
henge’. Whan Queen Mary wis gart demit her throne in 1567 Scot
laws wis pit throu in 1804 an gart prices rise til breid wis aff
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Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
it is necessar, gin man be no gart tak recourse tae rebellion as
Naebody shal be gart thole torture nor ill-kindit,
Naebody shal be gart thole wulsome arrest, detenti
Naebody shal be gart thole wulsome intromission wi
2. Nane may be gart belang an associe.
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Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
l flicht an a collapsin Franc gart Mitterand turn tae foreign le
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McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
nd o keekin an luggin-in that gart us grue whan we watched “Th
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Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
o tensions sic as these that gart former Scottish Labour Leader
s (NUS) office bearer, Murphy gart a vote fir the NUS tae suppor
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
dae wi spoken words cause it gart mony o thaim tae feel like bi
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
ic a muckle stooshie thay war gart tae come an gaun a wee bit an
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
00 tak awa aw the things that gart us grue fernyear. Lat fernyea
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Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
ome eesicht, which eventually gart him gae blindt, and Marie is
– forby its female voice is gart explicit at sindry pynts else
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McClure, Derrick J. , (no publisher recorded 2017) Central, poetry
Gart aathin aneth glent as bricht
Gart his wee roun kyte shak lik a
Suin gart me ken fine I hed naethin tae
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
s, Thit ilk winter my grannie gart me pit on, An affrontit, r(2020) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
y, stapped yer heid wi ideas, gart ye laach , an fyles even gree on page 30

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
owth can dae the wark o a lee gart me feel some ooneasy. It daes on page 56

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Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
t, in a bessie-like wey, that gart Andra loup oot o es chair, an on page 84

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Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
in her mither cam hame, an at gart her tae feel affa guilty. An on page 16

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
id I wite" said Bob As a dirl gart im grit is teeth on page 15

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Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
we gart him dae some affa things like on page 8

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
. The sicht o the Craa Widdie gart him smile: he'd played there, on page 93

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 57 - Mac, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Doric, prose
st fyow inches, fin something gart me leuk doon jist in time tae on page 27

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Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
d glauncin. Ilkie dentie step gart her grue wi pain, bit she smi on page 123

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McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
on the brod ahint Ailice, an gart her turn her heid roun jist i on page 16
Eifter we gart thaim treetle ower The sanns on page 55
, files amo dosses o weed (at gart the airs steek fest in the wa on page 73
Ailice wes gied tae see at it gart him cour a fair bittie. "Ther on page 94

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
red, thinkin o the fusky that gart Aunty Nell's cousin's man tae on page 51

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
metimes twise a nicht. An fat gart the quine dee something aboot
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
heat at the heid o the knowe gart Minnie lowse the buttons on h
hout frae the park aneth seen gart her steer, fur Isie Menzies w
an they cursed the warlock fa gart them shift wi his spells:
eich like a banshee) the Deil gart aa his pupils pledge their im
in, clartit wi phosporus that gart it glow green an oorie like a
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
es o tribble. Bappy wis niver gart think he wis a frauchte on Ju
-prick, like the spinnle that gart the princess sleep fur a hunn
e is weel in the past." Jenny gart her brither luik ower the bal
them, the toun's tenants war gart gree tae the antrin joab –
e. He likit the sky-train. It gart him feel some-like an erne wh
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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - A Wird i Yer Lug, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ar, a chiel caad Knight, that gart me be seerer o the wird wean.
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Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
air fowk in ilka team. An yon gart me think. Their sticks resemb
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Leslie, Dawn Press and Journal 2023-12-02 - Doric Corner, (no publisher recorded 2023) Doric, newspaper
y on the Elphinstone lawn his gart ma te declare ony kyne o Yule
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
on. “She said that kittlins gart her snocher,jist like ye’re
Onywye.. aa this fun his gart me swyte.. I’m faur plottin
glit wi pairty streamers that gart
e boatie’s wheel a pat that gart Birly birl fur pleasure, as t
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shine anely tae discover Thor gart inta a wifie! https://t.co/Wa(2016) search twitter
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sh wi @Manuforti1968 yestreen gart me putten on ma celebrity mas(2020) search twitter

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
and gart thaim fecht in nocht but thei on page 142

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Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Gart tak the lang, blin pad on page 43

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Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Thon sudden licht gart hootchin stairt on page 2
Waas a-tummlin gart turn ilk heid on page 5
Saa licht an gart me waak wi Thee. on page 71
Ye'r gart aa men as brithers see. on page 74

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Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
yer ain tradeetions? Fer God gart ye this: 'Honour yer faither on page 9

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Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
tha Paction in 19an91 an bes gart throch it bae warlwide laas. on page 16

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Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
tha twa lads. The wur gegs an gart thaim lauch. The wur auld bil
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