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The word 'ballads'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
balladsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.32718
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 3
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 21.2 16 9
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of ballads 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.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Wi hert-stirran ballads, he turned their heids, makka on page 77

1 matches

West Central

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
in yer hert for the sangs an ballads, the reels an strathspeys, th on page 56

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
speik o the disseminatioun o ballads. Says she: 'They were made fo on page 116

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
or creative traditions - oor ballads an poems, oor stories an sang
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
s a laddie been fond o singin ballads. He had been particklarly fon on page 91

2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Wi’ ballads, that oor her’rts could ren
1 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Bewitchin ballads in her Heilant tongue? on page 24

1 matches

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
ken their's nae turnin back; ballads an on page 39

1 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
e folk tradition wi the great ballads o the Borders an the North-Ea on page 9

1 matches

Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
uage o the people, fae Border ballads tae bairnsangs, an fae post o on page 3

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
There is a sma pairt heidit 'Ballads' but whit it hauds is no ball on page 62

5 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
er, Robert Jamieson's Popular Ballads and Songs as weel as the coll on page 69

3 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
in his beuk 'Scottish Tragic Ballads' o 1871: 'Wha leuk tae freits on page 91

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
rshire, ane in J. D Brown’s Ballads and anither yaised as a term
1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
n the muckle sangs (the Child ballads).
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ae all I stick wi my 27 verse ballads (re-lairnin sprucing up on Ha(2020)

South East (Borders)

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
ain Douglas, throu the Border Ballads, on ti Stevenson, Scott an Ho
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ye stressin the pynt that the Ballads wirnae scrievit as poems, bit on page 84

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
otslanguage shouldnae jist be ballads aboot lost luve, jokes aboot (2020)

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
Fae "Ballads of Down" (1901) by G.F. Savag (2018) twitter link