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girse Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words28.4 2.1 96.5 19.9 122.1 0 0
Number of occurrences914 64 2 21 0 0
Number of authors29 4 16 2 7

Occurrences of girse in Corpus

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Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
bramble thorns and lang broon girse. A muckle aik tree stood ower on page 178

1 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
he laid the towe doun in the girse an led it ablo a dyke. Syne h on page 42

1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
ouder bag lee oan the scoorie girse aside him. Made o thick nylon
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Itchy Coo Tae Girse Up Shakespeare
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
hort his parks athoot touchin girse or grun or dyke - gin he cou on page 29
he paths. He walked on across girse an gravesteens. on page 32

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
haan, were walkin across the girse wi een for naebody but ilkith on page 53

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
s a big bit o grun, covert wi girse, nae flooers - aul' Dunlop w on page 35

4 matches

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - Oor Grun, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
fur the grun except girse, whin, hame. on page 88

1 matches

Lawrie, Alastair Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Win, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
girse tremmles as hands far ablow on page 90

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
t imsel doon till his vest Wi girse an dockens did his best Syne on page 15

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
shuffelt shadows mak it seem girse tre on page 10

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
bin deein aul Mrs Florence's girse, an syne he'd climmed up oan on page 23
n ma mither wis oot deein the girse...she wis strugglin te push t on page 51
"Yer dug's diggin up the girse again!" Ah roart, leukin oan on page 62
sotter the place wis in: the girse wis knee-deep an mam's 'bonny on page 86

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ched oot on oor bed o hedder, girse an cracklin sticks, drinkin i on page 44
ter, lutten oot te the spring girse, danderin daft an fair feel w on page 92
He wannert aroon the girse park aside the hoose, weavin on page 93

3 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
be foo God riggs oot e verra girse i the parks, att's there e da on page 14
. Gin att's foo God growes ee girse, growin in e park e day, an c on page 102

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
iven stairtit makkin muck Fae girse an saadust shavins; on page 34

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
trees, chaain awa at the lang girse. The sun wis weel on its wey on page 15

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
caal fae liggin on the weetie girse," said Ailice, fa wes a rael on page 57
the grairt' ull be the gair o girse roun a dial-steen?", said Ail on page 85

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
d awa, as lawful dues fur the girse their beasts hid etten.' on page 51

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
dubs. There's mair sharn than girse on yer grun. That's fit wye A on page 89

1 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
"The girse wis slippin aff the Dome,
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Girse in the countryside burned bro
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
w Deer ae day cuttin a wifies girse. Jonsar wis
girse".
sar Eck worked awa cuttin the girse his mind began tae wander. Yo
Eck teemed oot the last box o girse he coodnae help bit laugh.
ork wis used tae gither knott girse, a weed that wis dominant lan
9 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ls grew in yon divits o wyvin girse an wanderin willie, an the bo
buits hid trampled the simmer girse tae smush. East o the schule
artit green an black wi dubby girse.
it awa wi haunfus o roch dry girse an moss, bit anely spreid the
allie richt in the mids o the girse park. Jock Dow the grieve wis
9 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
wi buddin saplins an sprootin girse – for the quarry hid lain q
1 matches

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ere wis plunty o flooers, and girse awyes tae play on. We’d the
1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
. A rabbit rose fae a clump o girse an bolted atwards it. He crep
ar awa, an auld yow chaad the girse, pyin the loon nae heed iva.
2 matches

Legge, Robert Oot in the Middle o Naewye, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
The smell o the clean cut girse
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
thers flat, he even pykit the girse frae aneth his cleuks bi the
sty the Coo chawed awa at the girse in the park wi ae ee fixed on
girse tae inspeck the rocket. Naebo
the coo inside it. Her park o girse wis
kirn o girse an styew caad up bi the rocke
8 matches

Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2021) Doric - Fraserburgh
Clippin the girse on the village green

Blackhall, Sheena Drumneachie Ferm, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Doric, poetry
The ferm wis the stank o girse, o sharn, o violets
the smells: ‘…the stank o girse, o sharn, o violets.’ Sheen
2 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
rns an aaler fowk spik aboot 'girse' hereaboots. (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
doddies, trowie gloves, yule girse on page 79

1 matches

Cowan, Fiona A Boreas domus mare amicus?, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney - Finstown, poetry
Fleud the new girse
1 matches

Shetland

Hall, Nat nobody remembers the birdman - Hairst, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Shetland, poetry
A meadow pipit i' da girse on page 82

1 matches

Mundair, Raman Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
gael-blattered girse doontöm wishen on page 11

1 matches

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
r at da flooers an da bleds o girse, but soarro thing could shö on page 42
öl, an oagit awa in among da girse, an as he guid, da ony thing on page 51
Da lang girse hushed at her feet as da Whit on page 125

4 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
ir a boady hit's joost lik da girse, or lik a simmer flooer; on page 44
aabody dat fock ir joost lik girse; on page 57
. Da Göd Man even sees ta da girse dat grows wild - tink you wi on page 95

3 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
lang black cotts, shakkin da girse oot a da swaars, an dan dey w on page 8
kael yard wis aa gane back ta girse, an da stane daeks run. It se on page 9
treacherous, fur dey wir lang girse growin right doon ower, nearl on page 54
, an noo it's aa ledd doon ta girse, an laekly filled wi dis muck on page 63
g heddir, an burra, an coorse girse. An you appreciate aa da mair on page 91
Also on pages 93, 94
8 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
stanks lang grown in, girse gien ta kyo. on page 36

1 matches

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
da fertilizer ta force on da girse, now lyin dull wi criss-cross
in da same order. Some hae da girse laid oot as it wis cut, but t
ow da dess wi da hard tufts a girse, scratchin my bare legs an le
3 matches

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