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weirs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8 12.2 3 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2624 2 0 0 0 0
Number of authors14 12 2

Occurrences of weirs 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
'Whit aboot the Weirs o Darnhunch ... Ye ken auld J on page 29
the lassie's saft breist. The Weirs were puir, honest folk, thran on page 33

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Tae weirs, and charms and rills on page 11

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
chranes, Cockburns, MacLeans, Weirs on page 8

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
that weirs me doun. on page 35

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
the Mediterranean, throu the weirs o Napoleon. Whit bude an ower on page 50

1 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 82 - Tecumseh, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Thay hae drappit in the weirs: on page 87

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
kintras (1707), the Jacobite weirs (1689-1746), an hou, as the k on page 110

3 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ies, faimily an international weirs, rael or jaloused threats or on page 126
cular tracks o time, lik the 'Weirs o Independence' an 'The Reuch on page 127

3 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
this up wi the Normans an the Weirs tae Staun Free an looks at th on page 131

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
tmosphere – every fykie – weirs doun rock an stane. As ae sid
e the rain faws as methane an weirs awa the grund jist as the rai
2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
i be trew. Efter the American weirs, sojers wins hame ti Britain,
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
ractit times o the Covenanter weirs o the 1640’s an 1650’s si
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
ant dreep dreep dreep o water weirs awa the
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
tuk tae wage this bitterest o weirs, tae keep up the resolve o he
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
us differences that brocht on weirs atween Ingland an Scotland th
al an releegious maiters, the weirs wi Ingland, the Inglis usurpa
ane anither throu Ingland’s weirs agin Scotland’s pairtners i
3 matches

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
ed tae see aw thi stuff en er weirs fur sma boatie's. Noo, afoar on page 39

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
he fite brae doon tae the Dee weirs bracelets o frost, and the ri
1 matches

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