A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'yard'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of yard in Corpus

Orkney

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
flat tap steens o' the peedie yard dyke at the back o' the hoose
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
t twa muckle desses i da back yard ta feed da kye an ollie lambs on page 8
hard wirkin fokk at wrocht da yard, an plantit it. Bit it medd m on page 9

5 matches

Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
a daal. But as dey guid by da yard daek, da midder soo tellt dem
1 matches

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
Oot in ta da yard we hurried, till a coarn skro
andin dere, lookin in ower da yard daek, watchin everything at w
est o dem wis comin oot by da yard.
3 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
hid a fig-tree plantit in his yard. He gaed oot tae see gin ther on page 104

2 matches

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
d fairies at the fit o’ ees yard.
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Sanners Gow's Tales and Folklore of the Buchan - The Clootie Dummmplin!, (Ayton Publishing 2017 ISBN: 978-1910601419) Doric - Banffshire, prose
They’d a fine yard at the back o the hoosie faar
e get yokit an michty but the yard wiz a fair caa tee. Onyhoo wi
ers Lendrum if he’d dee the yard for him. Ackers wiz a lot you
at ilka time he vrocht in the yard Mrs Robson wid come oot wi a
4 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
r gettin a jobbie at the fish yard they’d be destitute. Noo ta
bit ‘but-na-ben’ and the yard wiz fulled o figures carved f
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
r folk rinnin throwe her back yard as the new lad’s mates used
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
es o the Roads Department’s yard at Boyndie and mysel tryin ta
y of the Roads Department’s yard at Boyndie, which had once be
2 matches

Shearer, Gillian Skitin Oan Thin Ice, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2019) Doric - Alford, prose
eetin. He luikit oot ower the yard, oot bye the fields aa smoori
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
d sat there undisturbed. Kirk Yard - measure lichen patches on (2021) twitter link

Aberdeen

Lawrie, Alistair Northwords Now 45 - The Win, (Northwords Now 2024) Doric - Peterhead, prose
air like a closie than a back yard. The only wye intil’t wis t
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
sar Eck wis workin awa in his yard a fermer comes wanderin in
yard every fortnicht for the hale
ime the fermer came intae the yard for sawdust he gaed Jonsar Ec
yard he often hid a look aroon. Th
4 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
yer, 43 times he completed 30 yard passes. Unheard o. #BallonDor(2020)

@cligeey tweeted
of the same name in the kirk yard not sure about ties yet thoug(2020)

(South) East Central

Glasgow

General Central

South East (Borders)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Wull be pride of mae wee yard on page 45

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

General Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
s brought all the boys to the yard. Thon Sarah Palin knows nathi(2016)