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sabbath Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words33.7 11.1 72.1 9.9 17.4 10.3 150.5
Number of occurrences10922 48 1 3 1 34
Number of authors26 10 5 1 3 1 6

Occurrences of sabbath in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Kirk Session for brekkin the Sabbath an bringin shame on yer auld on page 22
an mair; till on the appyntit Sabbath, hunners o followers o the Co on page 28
he sun shone bricht on a fine Sabbath morn, when, like cushats tae on page 34
an Weir an her sister, an the Sabbath is the only day in the week t on page 40
Late on a fine Sabbath morn in June 1711, Jennet Bro on page 67
Also on pages 74
10 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
tae hae guid clathes fur the Sabbath, weel tae gae the kirk wi' on on page 27
on the Sabbath. Mind, Ah cannae mind whar it on page 28

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Onywey, it's the Sabbath, the day; ye dinnae want tae on page 126

1 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
cer, wi mair ice cream at the Sabbath Schuil pairty. K was for kail on page 120

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
doun early. The morn wis the Sabbath, Thenk God, his day o rest, a on page 17

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
On a dreich November sabbath efternin when the wind wad cu on page 136

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
Mindin the Sabbath on page 61

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
no had a guid brekk owre the Sabbath. on page 72

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
ke a heather cowe. An' on the Sabbath mornin she gart me shave myse
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ked gin he ken’t it’s the Sabbath day,
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
t can tae my attention on the Sabbath that thon Gowk o a Lad Trump (2020) search twitter

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 90 - The Trump, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, poetry
sweer he wis weerin his gweed Sabbath shoot. on page 35

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
polished wid; the mochbaalled Sabbath claes; the rich reed communio on page 74

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
ar he'd been brochen up. On e Sabbath he gaed till e meetin haal as on page 85
n Galilee far he preacht on e Sabbath days, an they were teen aback on page 86
Ae Sabbath he wis gyan throw e corn park on page 88
cure him on e Sabbath, sae they culd tak him for de on page 89
in een o e meetin halls upo e Sabbath an a wumman wis there att hid on page 104
Also on pages 105, 120
19 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
an fyower stull attens on the Sabbath. At ony rate, it suits ma fri on page 24
nor ochie; but there wasna a Sabbath day ivver aifter fan he didna on page 27

2 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
ik, reglar as clockwork, ilka Sabbath Day an ilka Tyesday, faan we on page 88

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
Fergie. ‘But in kirk laist Sabbath, A fun a reid notebeuk unner
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
e passed by the warlock ilkie Sabbath, neeborly like, fur her faith
. It wis Winter an it wis the Sabbath, an Minnie Bruce hid chilblai
aboot in the snaa. It wis the Sabbath, an Minnie's fowk war riggin
e aff. Bit Winter or nae, the Sabbath wis the Sabbath, an doonstair
wis the Sabbath, an doonstairs, her ma wis cr
19 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
ame a lambikie ti roast for e Sabbath denner an by Dod, it’s byou
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
strung tae his dowp, an ilkie Sabbath day, efter the warlock hid re
hame aa day. Ae Sabbath, as Rosy glowered at Whigmale
Whigmaleerie gaed oot fur his Sabbath flicht efter yon, nae eence d
3 matches

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
a Sabbath cot, wae a belt an flared ski on page 101

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
You man lay aff wirkin apo da Sabbath. on page 16

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
nk muckle a dem wirkin apo da Sabbath, bit can you imagine what dey on page 10

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
i da beam o Sabbath stour, late Voar licht. on page 30

1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
nsactions 1910. “Ae Scottis Sabbath Seventie ‘ear Sin.” By Ge
1 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Whun gethered here on Sabbath nichts, on page 21

1 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Yin Sabbath moarn, it fun her greetin. on page 28

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
Loard o tha Sabbath on page 9
ntae tha Meetin Hoose on tha Sabbath day, an stud up for tae read. on page 76
Anent tha keepin o tha Sabbath day on page 78
us tae see wud he heal on tha Sabbath, sae as tae hae sumthin agin on page 79
Jesus heals on tha Sabbath day on page 93
Also on pages 94, 95, 110
29 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Sabbath da' tha we'ek begin' on page 28

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Tha mair it wusnae tha Sabbath day. on page 9

1 matches

@OrangRuth tweeted
on my dresser. And I want mae Sabbath thong back. The nads will be (2019) search twitter

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