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murther Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.6 11.1 12 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3122 8 0 0 0 1
Number of authors13 9 3 1

Occurrences of murther 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

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Why murther fowk keen tae help ithers? on page 26

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
hat wad rob, pillage, maim or murther the common folk at will. on page 58
is still grievin sair for the murther o this guid auld fermer, on page 61
met alang the road. His cruel murther wis sie a foul abhorrent crim on page 62
ennet efterhaun her faither's murther. Tho her step-mither had aye on page 65
the bluidy ghaists o men an murther that whiles rent the curtains on page 66
Also on pages 69
8 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
nnert gyte agate Kelso toon. 'Murther!' on page 49

2 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
or auld tribbles: murther done on page 33
ils an the like, romanticisin murther. on page 59
some verse atween rap and murther. on page 66

3 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
lopin intil a tale o swickin, murther an retributioun. Ithin this f on page 138
nin his wey ti the wuidie for murther (a bodie can jalouse wha his on page 142

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ddie lats oot a skelloch o ‘Murther!’. He lowps fifteen feet fr
t oot grugous an awfie acks o murther an incest! It is the verra ug
2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ravis an murther thame baith.” Aw semed tint
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
airn. In chapter 4, The Carew Murther Case, there cannae be ony doo
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
The air in yer buffs is murther an stour,
1 matches

@iainnicol tweeted
Catnip murther. https://t.co/DwbAQH8d7M(2020) search twitter

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
a rale contermynit cratur tae murther himsel.' on page 80

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
beers were telt "Dinna commit murther, ony man att commita murther on page 12
nna gyang hoorin aboot, dinna murther, dinna pinch, dinna tell lees on page 110
iled for e collieshangie an e murther, an hannet Jesus ower tae the on page 119

4 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
is fower whan A seen ma furst murther. Dreidfae it wis, an swith. S on page 80

2 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 57 - Mac, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Doric, prose
, A've niver been sae nar tae murther. on page 27

1 matches

Ulster

Reynolds, Charlie Tha demise o oor ain tongue, (North Antrim Speak 2010) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
an dae somethin tae stap tha murther o oor ain tongue afore it is
1 matches

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