A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'ghaist'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of ghaist in Corpus

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
creepit in o't, a great grey ghaist o a bawd, like the lang-shank
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General Northern

North East Central

Heather, Alistair The ghaist lichts, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
The ghaist lichts
a stream o lichts. Wee dottit ghaist lichts comin doun the side o
daurk Trotternish ridge. The ghaist lichts ar back, streamin aff
ot their minds: these war the ghaist lichts back ance mair!
Staffin still speak aboot the ghaist lichts, an hou they predictit
5 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
Hecky's gizz wis white's a ghaist. He set thare, stouned, or th on page 58

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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
Ghaist, ghoul.
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
™s aa kins o orra craiturs, a ghaist or a deil or whitiver. Thatâ€
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
lie, she's gaun tae screive a ghaist story, set in the aichteen hu
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West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Implacable; a great, grey ghaist o steel. on page 27
in at the bathroom's mirrored ghaist; on page 52

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
o'ergane (a grugous tig). His ghaist ettils for ti forgether wi hi on page 137
enn, the laird meets him as a ghaist wi his thrappil cut, an wha, on page 138
ers. Lord Derwent kythes as a ghaist til his leddie an tells hir o on page 140

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ordnar an e’en disappyntin ghaist storie. It cums frae a weidae
on, forby, o coorse). But his ghaist veisits hir ti assuir aw wul
ed Chamber’ is anither braw ghaist-storie. The narrator is verra
faws oot that Browne saw the ghaist o a wumman wi a gash, creimin
4 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
Nae dashelt ghaist-whisperin wrack swept on page 16

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Capener, Jack Eemis Stane 1 - Syne, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Dissipatin ghaist ae lang-gane flames, on page 10

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Glasgow

Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
But lie-lown seelence o a ghaist, on page 10

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General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
will ye feel ma ghaist on page 8
yer ghaist on page 50
O Ghaist, hangit cluit-first on page 54
Ghaist o naebody, on page 55
The unpossible vizzie? The ghaist-sea, glentin green? on page 88

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Cameron, Peter Lallans 82 - Nevermas, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
This stane toun the ghaist o a stane, on page 25

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
-cauld an his face white is a ghaist gaed iz a fleg. It wis than t on page 24

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Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Or ghaist? on page 25

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Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
'A ghaist, a bogle, risin fae the deid! on page 50

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
h-black, Violet looked like a ghaist, her white waddin dress drift on page 157

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Fitt, Matthew Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Saw a ghaist, on page 21

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Jean: The ghaist o Lord Bothwell's on ye, on page 35

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Liddell, Faith Eemis Stane 1 - Ghaist Yairn, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Less ghaist, mair jist the man. on page 19

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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
We mak a ghaist dance when we pray on page 97

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Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
The ghaist yowl o the last wold, on page 79

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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
Like the ghaist o Jacob Marley weirin its chy
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Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
. On the landin stuid a white ghaist - or at least it luikit like
or at least it luikit like a ghaist till he saw it wis a bit ladd
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@LairnScots tweeted
Dook fir aipples, listen tae ghaist stories, lairn aboot the deil (2019) twitter link
e Alan Bissett readin oot his ghaist stories. Braw lesson starter (2017) twitter link
ans tae tell some o their ain ghaist stories at Hallaeen. Why no y (2017) twitter link

South East (Borders)

South West (Galloway)

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
a thrawn, persistent ghaist. on page 5

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Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

East Antrim (Larne)

General Ulster