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Use in varieties of Scots

jar Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.8 4.6 27.1 19.9 29.1 31 17.7
Number of occurrences419 18 2 5 3 4
Number of authors28 8 11 2 2 2 3

Occurrences of jar in Corpus

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Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
ye may e'en enjoy it! Draw a jar o jam or yer left shoe or yer on page

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
fir a jar, racks them up on page 67
like honey seepin doon its jar. on page 80

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
in a jar o bleared gless on page 50

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Tae pree her whisky jar, slee happin it on page 5

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
n wi the men? Can we aw hae a jar? A still meet ma pal ootside on page 41

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy No on BBC, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
his fingers. Syne we see the jar o Marmite in the scullery, it
1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
able proppt atween the coffee jar an aa her bukes. Ah speculati
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
it wis pourit intae a scadded jar tae set intae a jeely. We got
1 matches

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 67 - Twa poems bi Douglas Kynoch, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
An kep it in yir jar. on page 63

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Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
" she said, balancin a muckle jar o pickled ingins on her belly on page 92

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Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
it looket lyke an aul sweetie jar. We immediatlee oppint er up on page 47

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ntin. Some folk aiven gaed e, Jar es te say at the Meldrum fair on page 48

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ngan on pegs. She took doon a jar fae wan o e shelves as she pa on page 9

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McDonald, Charlie Doric Scots Books an Poems, (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
An auld jam jar fu' o' domes an' buttons
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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
jar o jam, or a loaf that hid wen
speen in o a jar o jam looks roon an states. "
t the speen o jam back in the jar, he thocht fit a pest o a
3 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ial’ treat for mornin fly a jar o Nescafe coffee. She drank f
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
orich o bonnie roses in a jam jar, an a boxie o chocolates stap
bit gaed ower tae the sweetie jar, powkit her paw in, an tuik a
ne. Mooch tuik a moufu frae a jar merked
3 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ne With Me jis nae pop open a jar i' Ragu sauce an gaur a lovel(2014) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
n mussels unless it's the wee jar o'them ye get in the chippers(2018) search twitter

@McGoo1888 tweeted
Pished...wi Whiskey in the jar oan...yeejaw...happy New Year (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
No! Dinna lick the jeely jar! on page 6

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Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
tae swael the jar on page 143

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ngin apo nibbies. Shö took a jar aff o een o da shelfs as shö on page 9

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
true as tha jar o flooers o purest blue. on page 88

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De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
e scoopit oot da contents o a jar o VITAMIN ENRICHED FACE CRAEM
He fan anidder jar o craemy stuff labelled HAIR
2 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ung oan pegs. She took doon a jar frae yin o th shelves as she on page 9

2 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
, hei put the spuin i the jam jar an
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Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ng frae pegs. Shae tuk doon a jar frae yin o the shelves es sha on page 9

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Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
bodie lichts a lamp an pits a jar ower ït, or pits ït unnèr on page 83

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Fur jar, ir cage, ir bowl on page 25

1 matches

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