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Use in varieties of Scots

yarns Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.7 0 3 29.8 17.4 0 81.2
Number of occurrences290 2 3 3 0 21
Number of authors11 2 2 2 5

Occurrences of yarns 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.

Doric

Abel, Charlie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
nie makin soup, her elaborate yarns aboot my great-great-uncle ta on page 25

1 matches

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
ilar interests as masel' Mony yarns | quid tell We baith started on page 29

1 matches

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gallows Ha - Dance tae the End, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
pickan up snippets fae thir yarns - on page 27

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
n tae deu wi haird pews, thin yarns, gray beuks, an so is a mynde on page 33

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Pickan up snippets fae thir yarns - on page 152

1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: A Hamefarin hero, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
t some splendid nichts sharin yarns. Sometimes we wid race siggy
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Sky high fuel prices maks trows lie low, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ir twartree picnics, plenty o yarns an a lok o herd wark dey hed
1 matches

Sinclair, James Murmansk, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Shetland, poetry
we smokit fags an swappit yarns.
1 matches

Ulster

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
e stubble fleer, For sic aule yarns naw fit tae hear; Wad fry yer on page 30

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
him: yin says he gies ye wee yarns aboot yer ain folk fae lang s on page 8
An oul yins toul yarns tae tha weetchils on page 9
neebour, feared o sic eldrich yarns, scooted aff hame. on page 14
Wi reekin lums, an yarns, an fireside crack, on page 38
I. Yarns an Tales on page 56

8 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Yarns in lug alike thay soond on page 34

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
ters gied us "Kailyard" style yarns. Naebody toul us ocht aboot o
1 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
’re right an guid at tellin yarns,’ saed Gary as we dannert f
1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
lae an a wheen o #UlsterScots yarns. https://t.co/3wWNVbgkiY (2015) twitter link
Gellick's wheen o blethers an yarns in aul Ulster Scots! http://t (2014) twitter link
feed o champ an #UlsterScots yarns. (2015) twitter link
at dailygaun for #UlsterScots yarns? http://t.co/sGRVNwMnqV (2014) twitter link
s a quare geg: a wheen o good yarns. #ulsterscots (2014) twitter link
and 4 other occurrences.

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