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Use in varieties of Scots

graveyaird Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.2 8 4.4 0 0 0 24.2
Number of occurrences2416 3 0 0 0 5
Number of authors9 3 3 3

Occurrences of graveyaird in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
e? Ie must be the ghost o the graveyaird. His een starin, an sweit pou on page 66
irin him up he heidit for the graveyaird, draggin his club fit. on page 68
It had tae be the ghost o the graveyaird. He speedit up agin. By nou h on page 69
mouth, 'A am the ghost o the graveyaird. Whit's that on yer leg?' on page 70
r the mecnister cam intae the graveyaird. He had the habit o walkin am on page 109
Also on pages 110
10 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
walk, Mary. Jist through the graveyaird, doon tae the chickens an roo on page 70
road wye or come through the graveyaird wi me an April. on page 76
in, but this time through the graveyaird an hame the safest wye. I let on page 77

5 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
s his restin place in Cumnock graveyaird. The second heidstane is anit

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
nate voice.)Ah'm hain it. Mah graveyaird has been dug up tae mak wye f on page 40

1 matches

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
Toun Graveyaird on page 111

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
. Five meenits efter, the twa graveyaird
1 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Behin the brig the graveyaird fiel's on page 21
braid o his bak in the Friary graveyaird and naw a myowt ooty him, but on page 50

2 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Intae a graveyaird, ahint a cleeked on page 28

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
hese twa men cum oot frae tha graveyaird fer tae meet hïm. The' wur b on page 9
in on hïm, an leevin ïn tha graveyaird rether than a hoose. Whan he on page 83

2 matches

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