A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

kists Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.5 10.6 3 0 0 31 35.4
Number of occurrences3421 2 0 0 3 8
Number of authors21 15 1 3 3

Occurrences of kists in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
deid-kists on page 55

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
kenna hou tae see sheep throu kists. Aiblins I am a bittie like t on page 21

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
rtit tae fire in tae the feed-kists. It wis jist then that Mr Jon on page 6

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
singit wisps o hair on bainie kists. on page 21
up skeigh tae warm in aw thir kists, the swaitest notes abuin the on page 77

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
room were twa upturnt widden kists tae serve as chairs and a thi on page 183

1 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
uckle gowd frae the traisure- kists as he cud cairrie in his seck on page 42

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
r smaa seimits ticht on their kists. on page 98

1 matches

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
he room whaur the presses and kists for the High Heid Yin's claes on page 63

2 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Land o Fallen Empires, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
oan thir gong covert kists, on page 76

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
kists. John cuid sei the Crowner ra
einit an we’r cairriein the kists o Bank o Ingland notts
hit John didna ken wes at the kists
iments, als rypin hiz treisur kists.
4 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
rby, held in gless or plastic kists. In the months and years efte
1 matches

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
imilies stertit biggin muckle kists wrocht o iron ower the fresh
1 matches

Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
biggin their muckle pyramidal kists, drawin their pouer fae the f
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
words in balloons an dialogue kists eikin tae the narrative. The
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
r tae yin o a nummer o widden kists that sut agin a waa. The ithe
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit's For Ye'll No Gae By Ye, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
intae yer kists, intae the cauld
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ach jyner hid ay a twa, three kists at the back o mhis shoppie, f
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
It's cauld as the auncient kists that lie in the Machar kirkya
1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
in sheds or wooden kists on page 45

1 matches

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
were their guest wad shaw ye kists on page 142

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 59 - Five Poems frae the Chinese o Po Chu-I, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
at the boddom o kists an presses.
1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Quhan kists o whussles thunnered strang on page 1

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Wi buggies, deck-chairs, kists o food on page 30
bein cleeked in kists; on page 59

3 matches

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
lear an priggin gear, wittins-kists an kists. on page 40

2 matches

Dornan, Stephen Ding Doon tha Mairch Dikes, (Modern Poetry Translation 2019) Ulster - Comber, poetry
bein cleeked in kists;
bein cleeked in kists:
2 matches

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