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Use in varieties of Scots

jigs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 3.5 1.5 19.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences117 1 2 0 0 1
Number of authors9 6 1 1 1

Occurrences of jigs in Corpus

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Central

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
in the lounge blastin tunes ("Jigs,' so Iona informs me). Gangs on page 3

2 matches

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
an sorra, yer hert jigs, shaks in on page 24

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
playin jigs an reels, as, glowerin, Wulli on page 68

1 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
aa the reels, strathspeys an jigs which instilled in us a love on page 120

1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
€™s heizin up o ‘hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys and reels’ owe
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
for buiks in Scots an danced jigs on thaim, an fínish up wi Al
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
nno a braw selection o reels, jigs an strathspeys that wad hae d
1 matches

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gallows Ha - The Weather Dance, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Jigs and hornpipes, strathspeys an on page 28

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Jigs and hornpipes, strathspeys an on page 154

1 matches

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Jigs an reels they prance aboot, on page 20

1 matches

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