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Use in varieties of Scots

tar Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.3 5.6 16.5 29.8 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2711 11 3 1 0 1
Number of authors21 8 8 3 1 1

Occurrences of tar in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
get an auld boat, load it wi tar barrels an set it alicht - n on page 126
at wi lads cairryin barrels o tar alongside. The boat wis broch on page 127

4 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
t means tae hae ye wi us! And tar guid folk here are yer parent on page 68

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
tit him intae a bale o blazin tar, on page 33

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
as black as a tar barrel on page 10

1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - The Tartanic, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
oogly, tho clashed wi dauds o tar.
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
l her warm fleesh an the coal tar soap, leuk deep in her een. W
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
els straight, at right angles tar the grid. The first boys tae
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
now a follower! Happy Sunday tar you both and hugggggssss fae (2016) search twitter

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
eest tae luv thi smell o thi tar, thi deisle an thi hait injin on page 1

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
sae het that tar was meltin on the roads, on page 8
him pleiter in the glaur o tar, an still on page 9

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ace - ye can smell the bilin tar fae here." on page 7

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
snae see it thon wye. They'll tar him wi the same brush as the
1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
y teen some sticks clarted wi tar an set fire til em, syne back
1 matches

Leslie, Dawn Press and Journal 2023-12-02 - Doric Corner, (no publisher recorded 2023) Doric, newspaper
o ivvery Christmas denner as tar as Ah'm concerned.
1 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
d it wis barkitt, as black as tar
1 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
A'm gaun tar boo tae the pressure: A'll aw(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Miller, Alison Gallows Ha - Bairns Sang, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
light the kindleen, light the tar. on page 14

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
teeth. The haet wis makan the tar on the road soft and if you f on page 14

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Gettan in trouble fur tar on me socks. on page 42

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
oose or da croft. Shü keepit tar fur da rüfs, an on page 14

1 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
places they visit, they want tar bae touched bae the yairns o' on page 63

1 matches

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