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mairriage Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.7 22.2 9 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences5144 6 0 1 0 0
Number of authors22 16 5 1

Occurrences of mairriage in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
That oor mairriage wis attested, on page 15

2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ask fir a daunce tae proposin mairriage an bein accepit. on page 32

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Sae the mairriage chyngit intae a fareweill for on page 14

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
back tae the analogy o a bad mairriage, gin ae pairtner fund oot tha on page 24

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
first twenty warslin years o mairriage, on page 17
Its drouthy tongue slokes mairriage, daith or birth, on page 86

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
laus said, "means 'tae dae wi mairriage.'" on page 96
anely things ye need for the mairriage tae be legal," Klaus telt her on page 100
s," Klaus said, "Coont Olaf's mairriage plan widnae wirk." on page 130
re wisnae jist for kid-on. Ma mairriage tae Violet Baudelaire is guid on page 145
Olaf, "sin though it is, this mairriage is halely legal. Violet said on page 147
Also on pages 150, 152, 153
8 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ortly afore the war, but this mairriage luiks tae hae bin unhappy (an on page 133

1 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
The Mairriage o Robin Ruidbreist an the Wra on page 4

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
aither in-migration nor inter-mairriage: on page 56

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
aunfaither. It is no a happie mairriage, in that Sir Philip is sneith
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
hir skuil days i Canadae, hir mairriage an
1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
first twenty warslin years o mairriage,
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
d eimage that she wis, an the mairriage didna lest.
1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
oken language’. This kind o mairriage begets weans o diverse comple
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Fan the secrets o mairriage wis spoken.
er readin on whit maks a guid mairriage wis gien bi Georgia Buchan:-
"A mairriage is a promise twa herts be gle
A mairriage is a promise, tae be kind, ta
A mairriage is a promise, tae share ae li
5 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
clathin. She’s forced intae mairriage an childbearin - maybes a ne
n - maybes a near-incestuous mairriage wi a man weakent by generatio
2 matches

McClurg, Fernando Syriza, an the road aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
he jyle, but it seems an orra mairriage whan ye conseider that thereâ
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
ssed through the ‘band’ o mairriage, introducit in the first stan
‘band of Hymen [Greek god o mairriage]’ referred tae in poem 49.
2 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
ip and idealisit heterosexual mairriage and glegly subverts them fur
ic freenship and heterosexual mairriage fur tae forder lesbian luve.
s in this stanza on idealisit mairriage a female couple: Ruth and Nao
le freenship and heterosexual mairriage. Their luve mells, souders an
vokit in the context o perfit mairriage. It is a liminal luve, which,
11 matches

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
laed bi a michtie lang leet o mairriage banns tae be cried. The hail on page 100

1 matches

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
a gaed the aal weys. Haunfast mairriage we cried it, bit Aul Mains an on page 84

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
because they missed me oot My mairriage nearly hit the rocks For aa h on page 15

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
arl mairry an are gien awa in mairriage, bit them att's gweed eneuch on page 114

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - Obituary for David Ogston, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
n he wes speirit ti skrieve a mairriage sairvice for an al fresco cer on page 12

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
d o Alec, he wis on his third mairriage, an in his spare time wis man on page 4

1 matches

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