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mairch Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words78.6 62.2 12.1 9.9 197.6 527.1 163.8
Number of occurrences252121 8 1 34 51 37
Number of authors52 30 5 1 4 4 8

Occurrences of mairch in Corpus

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Central

Aitchison, Craig nobody remembers the birdman - Fishin the Mairch, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
FISHIN THE MAIRCH on page 1

2 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ound about thaim in the cauld Mairch winnd. on page 25

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
wavin its ither paw, "bides a Mairch Maukin. Ye can pey aither o t on page 44

33 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
Thon wis early in Mairch. Throughoot the follaein thre on page 6

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
yealins in the walcom leep in Mairch on page 43
taps aff oan a sax degree Mairch morn on page 46

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
t an resolute men, ettlin tae mairch tae Embro an lat their peacef on page 26
o Covenanters on their fatefu mairch tae Embro. Peden had a premon on page 30
a troop o horse . . . We will mairch east by Loudoun Hill till we on page 36
dard, mustet the faithfu, and mairch on Embro. For a stert, Robert on page 38
r Maker.' As they stertit tae mairch the twa men back ower tae Pri on page 46
Also on pages 55, 81
8 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
wis saft unnerfit, an ill tae mairch ower. Magnus wis content wi h on page 14

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
The Trunchbull sterted tae mairch slowly alang the rows o desks on page 135
s. Ah'll get the teachers tae mairch ye hame unner armed guard! An on page 156
the esk in it. She wanted tae mairch up and grab the gless and fli on page 158

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
he Union. Whan the date o the mairch wis decided we kennt fine tha on page 58
l wi the Vigil. The Democracy mairch o 12/12/92, representin a bra on page 105

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
the stake in St Andrews on 1 Mairch 1546, an act that led tae the on page 118

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
decide tae sit. Itherwise, ye mairch intae the clessroom and plank on page 4

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
leaves the thoroughfare, They mairch behind. on page 33
Foretelt bi some 'Ides o Mairch' witchery? on page 142

2 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
Mairch 2003 on page 1
irty Group on the Scots Leid, Mairch 2003 on page 2
international agreement on 27 Mairch 2001. Scots wis deemed tae me on page 18

3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
ykie ti straik an evin on the mairch furms a kenspekkil meith in y on page 1

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
he reflekkin meirrour wes the mairch atwein this warl an the neist on page 41
aun o the Gallik fowk. At the mairch, the sojers gaed hamewith, it on page 43

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
An Judgement Day, that mairch o God's, on page 59

1 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Mairch wi the times, an affen thraw on page 43

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
Mairch had come in like a lion - he on page 17

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
this slaw mairch through mossland. Snipe, on page 112

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Haar in Mairch or April on page 28

2 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
The Mairch o the Legions on page 4

1 matches

Cairns, Pauline Lallans 58 - Newsins fa the SND, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
st ten year. We'll no ken tae Mairch if we're gaun tae get it or n on page 110

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Banes, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Til a measur't mairch on page 75

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
for Scots thay war tellt, in Mairch 1999, that "Part III of the C on page 121

3 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 70 - The Primped Skull, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Efter the nicht mairch, the thrawin bayonet hunger,
1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
Leids on 27 Mairch 2001. The Chairter defines
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
dit wi a "r": airch, Airchie, mairch, merchant, orchard, stairch.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
d expeck tae veesit the UK in Mairch an they wad accepp consaits u
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
orld Book Day - Thursday 6t. Mairch 2003.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
Monday 3 Mairch 2003
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
meithit the mairch wi a gryte fens o razzor-weir
e howff on the nor syde o the mairch wes bot a rikkil o stanes
the mairch an furth ti Embro at shae wes
laddie mairch intil hiz presence lik a rale
tie weire fens at the Inglish mairch, it cam out
7 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
derful Apparitions that on 19 Mairch 1719 the fowk o Aiberdeen see
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
rmy was awa tae turn aboot an mairch sooth again, back tae supplie
1 matches

Heather, Alistair The ghaist lichts, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
like a fairy airmy wis on the mairch fae the glen tae the plains a
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
is time tae gae alang tae the Mairch for Scottish Independence in
The mairch stairtit whan the ane o’clo
en twa-an-a-hauf oors for the mairch tae pass by!
3 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Deid huddies an the Moray Eel, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
he Common Fisheries Policy by Mairch 2019. They said it was a reid
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
urthday on Wedensday the 8t o Mairch this year. Scots Tung howps W
bration program on Friday 10t Mairch cried "Happy Birthday Oor Wul
cam intae force on Sunday 26 Mairch o this year makin Scotland re
StAnza ran frae 16-19 Mairch 2006 an is noo in its 9th yea
4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
hert in Perth on Thursday 27t Mairch tae discuss the Education, Cu
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
This wis early in the Mairch. Ower the neist three month t
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Whan they got athin a day’s mairch o the mine, Hsien gaed on ahe
y, “nae hochmagandie on the mairch.”
compassion he’d felt on the mairch. Seein his comrades kilt an w
eart fae time tae time on the mairch.
4 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
[Aye supporters mairch in Edinburgh the nicht afore
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Mairch 2002
Mon. 25t. Mairch 2002
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ON Friday 15t Mairch, a guid son o Caledonia wis l
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
d Reekie's Hub on Seturday 30 Mairch an wis opened bi the Festival
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
Neist Forgaitherin Mon. 13t. Mairch 2000 7.30pm tae 9.00pm Comate
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
Mairch 2000
Neist Forgaitherin Mon. 13t. Mairch 2000 7.30pm tae 9.00pm Wee Lo
Leith Walk, Edinburgh on 31t Mairch / 1t Aprile (Naw, it's nae hu
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
ds seein sic a gentie officer mairch intae a kailwife's shop, knic
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
l o Scotland – whae deed in Mairch 1586, the year the manuscript
1 matches

MacMinto, Gregor The Rhythms of Bratislava, (wordpress 2022) Central, blog
ere a reference till a waddin mairch.
1 matches

@IshbelMcF tweeted
A'll need tae get ma Mairch column scrievit early (acause(2019) search twitter
, my @ScotNational column fir Mairch: https://t.co/Ko8RqH97N3(2019) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
he bissy beys aboot the eyn o Mairch 1509.' on page 56

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Mairch '96 as this feow lines I pen on page 15

1 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
thin tae maet an airmy lat me mairch fir Ye medials glisterin i th on page 3

2 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
n throw'. Or fitna keeng will mairch tae waar wi anither keeng wi' on page 106

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
st ane - 'Las Fallas' fas in Mairch ivery 'ear. 'Las Fallas' is a on page 4

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
It wis a caal mornin in Mairch an there wis still snaw ahin on page 104

1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
The election, the sit-in, the mairch? Her social credits is plumma on page 71

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
wavin da idder paa - "der a Mairch Hare bidin dere. Geng du alan on page 65
kit on ageen, on for whaar da Mairch Hare wis meant ta bide. "A'm on page 66
fore da hoose, an dere sat da Mairch Hare an da Hat-makker, haein on page 68
u can fin da answer?" said da Mairch Hare. on page 69
micht juist as weel say," da Mairch Hare pat in, "at 'I laek whit on page 70
Also on pages 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 112, 113, 114, 125
31 matches

Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
sh unspret? Cassen awa apo de mairch o shoormal an stair, on page 32

1 matches

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
ery year, upö da sam date in Mairch, we wid steam ta Fair Isle. W
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Froggy smoorikins, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ttom o da loch since October. Mairch has been a very sociable mont
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
waving th ither paw, "lives a Mairch Hare. Visit either ee lik: th on page 63
n in th direction in which th Mairch Hare was said tae live. "Ah'v on page 64
came in sicht o th hoose o th Mairch Hare: she thocht eet must b t on page 65
ee in front o th hoose, an th Mairch Hare an th Hatter were havin on page 66
ithoot bein invited," said th Mairch Hare. on page 67
Also on pages 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 110, 111, 112, 123
33 matches

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
es the aerlie days o the lang mairch o thon ceivilisation, the tim on page 5

1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Ah think wi dreid on the lang mairch
1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
-stell Brae (whilk merkit the mairch atweesh Eilrig ferm an Howpas
o the waitter-gate.) tae the mairch atween Roxburghshire an Dunfr
ggin tae yer ker haund is the mairch o whit wis Howpasley
ar an whit wis the Craik ferm mairch, ir twae ither
mairch fence frae Girnwud Lynns. Ae
15 matches

The Westender Mairchers did oor toon prood, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
gone, naebody wad be left tae mairch.
1 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Bae the mairch thoarn hedge, on page 23

1 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Tha forenuin, Mairch, aa by. on page 8
Tha mairch o man on page 11
Caad sins tae mairch an dee fur hame. on page 73

3 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
clodded tha sack owre tha oul mairch dyke on page 22
Ye cannae even mairch like men, on page 34
IV. Ding Doon tha Mairch Dykes on page 59
Aye, ding doon tha mairch dykes on page 60

5 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
n tae Jerusalem, follaein tha mairch atween Samaria an Galilee. As on page 99

1 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
ent 20an11-15, ootset oan 12t Mairch 20an12, tha Heich Cooncil tae on page 5
owkgates, Airts an Aisedom in Mairch 20an11. Its aince airn bes ta on page 10
t 20an11-15, blezzint oan 12t Mairch 20an12, tha Heich Cooncil tae on page 13
homologatit tha Chairtèr in Mairch 20an01 an taen oan han tae ha on page 14

4 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
' pairt in the Pathrick's Day mairch in on page 43

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Ding Doon tha Mairch Dikes, (Modern Poetry Translation 2019) Ulster - Comber, poetry
We aye big mairch dikes
Aye, ding soon the mairch dikes
2 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
eid-coont - Sawbith Day 21st Mairch 20an21.
eid-coont - Sawbith Day 21st Mairch 20an21.
fillt oot by Sawbith Day 21st Mairch 20an21 or as shane as yer fit
fillt oot by Sawbith Day 21st Mairch 20an21 or as shane as yer fit
ht in this hoosehaud oan 21st Mairch 20an21.
19 matches

Dee Har Tha Broon Troot, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
Waitin fer Mairch,
1 matches

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