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lark Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.7 5.5 4.5 29.8 11.6 20.7 17.7
Number of occurrences2511 3 3 2 2 4
Number of authors20 7 3 3 2 2 3

Occurrences of lark in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
s ir aw dry, he's as gay as a lark, on page 103

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
aa dry, he's as bricht as the lark, An wi blawin an bummin, he b on page 44

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
k. Tellin ye, see this joggin lark? I should be gettin peyed. Tr on page 1

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
it on barefuit, singin like a lark hersel amang the rashes, ower on page 67

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
arbling wild’, ‘The bonie lark, companion meet, Wi' spreckl'
ddle: ‘The laverock and the lark, The bawkie and the bat, The
is twa. The laverock and the lark is the same thing and the hea
3 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
pro at this social distancin lark. Ah put oan a sunglasses tae
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
moarnin’ a wis up wi’ the lark An' taen a wee dug fur a walk
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
sunday mornin - upwae the lark - think al take a walk in the (2020) twitter link

Doric

Wheeler, Leslie Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, weans
them it wis aa jist a bit o a lark on page 25

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
get up wi i'lark on page 125

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
s are all dry, he is gay as a lark, on page 100

1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
n, last year, I wis up wi the lark. on page 71

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Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Up wi the lark and awey on page 149

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Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
owerhead the bonxie dives, a lark sings on page 60

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Da lark is aye singin, of coorse, sic on page 92

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De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
an a lark is a flummox; he's read da he on page 28

1 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
The lark's song, risin in flicht on page 208

1 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
are aw dry, hei is guid as a lark, on page 103

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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
pgutterin pipe an singin Hk a lark. "Mornin, Mrs Mitchell," Mais on page 22

1 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ir aal dry, hae's es gay es a lark, on page 104

1 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
This waakin lark lukked pooerfu easy, on page 57

1 matches

King, Angeline Untitled, (twitter 2021) Ulster - Larne, poetry
truth, ah'm as happy as a wee lark. There isnae a day gaes by wh
1 matches

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