A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

fairs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.2 4 1.5 9.9 0 0 4.8
Number of occurrences148 1 1 0 0 1
Number of authors8 4 1 1 1

Occurrences of fairs 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.

Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
sell at Cumnock ot Mauchline fairs. on page 56

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
end o summer ivvery year. Nou fairs in the auld days were often t on page 29
by the nineteenth century the fairs werenae jist as lawless an do on page 30

5 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
in hansa's coorts, fairs and merkat touns on page 8

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
rences an high schuil careers fairs…
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Spikk o the Nor East Leid, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Doric, poetry
Researchin place nemmes, fairs an marts, fur scholar, reader
1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
fir a hand fae him; his lass fairs oot a the Orcadian fae hir tu
1 matches

Ulster

Millar, Alan Yarns 3 - Sammy Thomson's, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - East Donegal, prose
fairs and markets, sleepin unner bu
1 matches

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