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The word 'fayre'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fayreOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.483
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of fayre in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ee Entry Cruden Bay Christmas Fayre 20th with @pfcofficial colour(2016)
ry Cruden Bay Christmas Craft Fayre today at Village Hall from No(2016)
entry tae the Christmas Craft Fayre aat Cruden Bay Village Hall f(2017)
fae the free entry Christmas Fayre aat Cruden Bay Village Hall u(2017)
Christmas Craft Fayre at the Gordon Highlanders Mus(2017)
and 1 other occurrences.

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
In the Brewer's Fayre lounge fir aa tae see, on page 142

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
otstrecht haun hauds oot guid fayre, on page 70

1 matches

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