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makar Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words37.5 54 7.5 29.8 0 62 4.4
Number of occurrences120105 5 3 0 6 1
Number of authors44 37 3 3 1 1

Occurrences of makar in Corpus

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Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
er, T. S. Law, a giftit Scots makar belangin the Saicont Swaw o M on page 3

3 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
a Scot, let alane a Scottish makar. They hid jist assumed that m on page 35
ply black affrontin til their makar noo! Bit finnin an wirkin in on page 40

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
an A begoud ti read o an auld makar, singer an playwricht wha gae on page 45
lins tell ye'r Unkil Wul, the makar, an he'l mak a skreid aboot y on page 48

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
heel's a byspiel thing, but a makar's lungs are makkit for mair t on page 3

2 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
THE ITHER MAKAR'S LAMENT on page 47
jist the thing fir Scotia's Makar. on page 51
Oh tae be a Makar bi on page 77

5 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Odin wis the maist craftie makar o aa the goads, the maist ske on page 14

3 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
THE KING, THE CUDDY, AND THE MAKAR on page 3
Tammas the Makar knew his trade, And aye could on page 5

2 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
formed Cacafuego Press wi the makar Tom Pow and stairtit his ain on page 91

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
hat appealed naiturallie ti a makar-owersetter frae the Borders ( on page 5

5 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
ie pattren poem. Nae dout oor makar wul be takin tent o Colin Rob on page 5

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ka, the greatest inventor and makar o chocolates there ever wis. on page 7
y the maist clivver chocolate makar in the haill wide warld?"' on page 10

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
A maisterpiece o the toy makar's airt, on page 87
re's nane cares nou anent the makar's daurg, on page 151

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
bauld veesonar an a modrenist makar an richtly namely in this war on page 60

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
and there's yon makar o sin on page 78

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
The Makar Lad on page 10

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
se), an eident an skeely auld makar o creels, sings o a bluidy st on page 50

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 67 - Leddy Stair’s Closse, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
The'r mony a makar myndit thare, on page 141

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
trou him still. Spikkin as a makar, the best thing aboot the Dau on page 19
aist wunnersome, an there the makar comes intae his or her ain, g on page 35

2 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ott, William Motherwell wis a makar that haed theat o leeterature on page 69

3 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
an luiks at vairsions o the 'Makar o Avon' contained in leiterar on page 116

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Faushioned bi the Makar's haund on page 97

1 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Parliament an its role as law-makar. Yit forby, it merkit a lingu on page 22

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
see again the wark o a tentie makar. on page 120

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
sley Buddy, an is a weel kent makar in twa leids. The merk o the on page 120
Here a makar wha lats the leid gang its ai on page 121

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
parisons wi some o that great makar's brawest warks, but Law wis on page 132
son, John. We're telt hou the makar wis born in 1916 at Newarthil on page 133

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
thaim credit for, but for the makar o ballants, the on page 137

1 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
e a bit tocher frae thon fowk makar Kennawha. (No but whit he an on page 4

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
rnit be the preferences o the makar, whae cairries the birden o p on page 56

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
ictionar, tae help me wi thon Makar-like 'omnigaddrum'!'. It wesn on page 6
his braw owersettin o Indian makar an novelist, Rabindranath Tag on page 7

3 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ae thocht tae the fore? (The makar Josie Neill o Dumfries wudna on page 91

2 matches

Robertson, James Melt (Yin), (Kettillonia 2001) Central, poetry
An oorie girnin makar haunts the rones;
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
Makar's Neuk
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
Makar's Neuk
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
Makar's Neuk
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ctioun, an ye’l see hou the makar, his verra awn sel, kythes af
n o monie a Scots skrievar an makar. Maist fowk wul ken o the pas
2 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Kenspeckle Man, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Teacher, bukeman, makar, penter –
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
the'r aye the chance that the makar teuk a len o the word fae Eng
1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
ir BBC Radio Solway wi fellae makar Willie Neill.
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
o grytest importance til the makar. We get frae Robb aw the teip
his period o immaturitie as a makar.
, til a stranglie ‘male’, makar. Syne, he compares ‘Skull S
Chapter 10, ‘Meeting the Makar’, is a sad ane, kis it maks
4 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
Herodotus (an auncient Greek makar) in 430 BC, descrieve a penti
1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
American Makar Ralph Waldo Emmerson, they we
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
lik the auntrin rhyme fae the makar's styme of yovein back an fur
1 matches

Fenton, Janet A Guid New Year tae yin and a!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
en I heard Ngugi Wa Thiong, a makar frae Kenya aboot scrieven a b
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
s genius alangside that o his Makar contemporars Henryson, Dunbar
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
pistle To A Young Friend (see Makar's Neuk an Poem o the Day in t
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
Makar's Neuk
r discussion in the Festival, makar an writer, Don Paterson, wi A
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Makar's Neuk
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Makar's Neuk
1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
u he cuist out wi the gretest makar o his time.]
Your conterdiction cowps your makar’s creel!
throu the reek for hennerin a makar as maisterfu as Dante. Tavian
te. Taviani is nae kenspeckle makar, but his sherp an mettlesome
4 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ays, it’s for his wark as a makar, an on the politics an releeg
1 matches

Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
irtistic production he is the makar o.
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ditions. An in a kintra whaur makar Mohammed al-‘Ajami haes bee
1 matches

Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
Andrew is an airtist, map-makar, weaver o dreams an aw-roond
1 matches

Macdonald, Ileene Fit’s it aa aboot?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
rdeen. The North East’s ain Makar SheenaBlackhall gied a readin
1 matches

Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
a celebration o oor national makar an Scots tung that speaks no
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Henderson, sodger, academic, makar an, abuin aw a passionate Sco
aks its place in this month's Makar's Neuk, is conseedered bi mon
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
o thon kenspeckle Perthshire makar, William Soutar, wis hauden a
ition (this month's chyce for Makar's Neuk), Autobiography, Auld
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Makar's Neuk
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
aitland – statesman, judge, makar and Keeper o the Great Seal o
states that, like thon female makar, Marie will be ‘a plesant p
2 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
6-1586) – statesman, judge, makar, privy coonsellor and Keeper
Lesbos – famous as a wumman makar forby (in)famous fur her roma
2 matches

Kay, Billy Time for Reflection, (archive2021.parliament.scot 2022) Central, government
nal Pairty o Scotland. Fellae makar Cunninghame Graham and his fr
1 matches

Fyall, Aitken Lallans 74 - Rabbie’s Retrospeck, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
A’d thocht there’d be a makar core,
1 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
t's no "maker" spelt wrang. A MAKAR" maks poems. @IshbelMcF https(2016) search twitter
ackie Kay! Scotland has a new Makar(2016) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
r - read some poetry fae oor makar, @JackieKayPoet https://t.co/ (2017) twitter link

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Introduction, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
cal writers - the North-East Makar Sheena Blackhall, poet and wr on page 9

1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 63 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
I think o the monie tasks the makar took on while in my hame toon
d the collection. Whatna braw makar Hershaw is!
2 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - A Wird i Yer Lug, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
am on’t in e wark o anither makar, vrutten in sic a mainner as
rhyme wi boys. It wis e same makar, a chiel caad Knight, that ga
2 matches

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
jist a makar o drop scones fur you? on page 15

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Sibella Draver, the makar o weather on page 151

1 matches

Hershaw, William Seivin Verses for GMB, (Scottish Poetry Library 2015) Orkney, poetry
The makar speirs the silence,
1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
As makar, Scots speaker and local, am (2020) search twitter
anguage As braid a speaker an makar as ye'll fin onywhaur an dese(2020) search twitter
possible fir an Ulster Scots makar. (2020) twitter link
guage Raymond's a gey skilled makar an ocht tae be much better ke(2020) search twitter
@scotslanguage Scriever, makar, buik, poems, cried, fin - w(2020) search twitter
and 1 other occurrences.

Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
nt Greek #UlsterScots fae the makar Michael Longley, wha gets the (2015) twitter link