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Use in varieties of Scots

graveyard Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3 2 1.5 19.9 0 0 14.5
Number of occurrences104 1 2 0 0 3
Number of authors9 4 1 2 2

Occurrences of graveyard in Corpus

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Central

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
A Golem rins fae the graveyard an the win is readin quate in on page 9

1 matches

Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
heavy iron gates o the Howff graveyard. Ah heard trees moanin an whi
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
uot;We need tae gang thru the graveyard tae reach it but nivver mind

@DABArbuckle tweeted
igging up bodies in yer local graveyard tae examine a body. Have some(2020) search twitter

Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
a chiels cam tae him, oot o e graveyard, baith teen a haud o wi sic a on page 17

1 matches

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
An fled the graveyard site, on page 40

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I visit no cowld, lonely graveyard Wi posies tae wither and die. on page 67

1 matches

Ulster

Adams, Rab Yarns 3 - A Ghost Story, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ulster, prose
r wis a lanesome, dairk earie graveyard, specially wae a ghost story
oor in a different bit o the graveyard cas they wur jukkin a drink.
2 matches

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
linchy, which leads to an old graveyard. Official name is something a(2020) search twitter

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