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The word 'cairts'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
cairtsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.53517
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 36 11 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 11.8 9 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 72.7 6 1
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) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of cairts in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
wi motirs, pullin trailers an cairts te tak their purchases awa. on page 93

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
nite hooses. Frae his fleet o cairts, tounsfowk micht buy gweed ki
es aa foreneen inno the fairm cairts, an war dowpit doon quate lik
e grun, an load them inno the cairts tae takk tae the barn.
The horses that hauled the cairts wad rest in the cweel o the s
steer in the pairish, gigs an cairts an shelts, motor cars an bicy
8 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Cairts are a rare source o Scots wir (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
they're aawey! Cairridges an cairts aa ower the place, an nae a p on page 42

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
is nae mair than a roadie fur cairts. There wis a high hedge o hiz on page 175

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
un clair, he hed a wie buik o cairts. Thon set out the histor o th on page 13

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
toon. Fae time tae time cuddy cairts passed, an yince a powert mac
quare stertin tae be edged wi cairts. Luckenbuiths wis springin up
2 matches

Glasgow

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Ah tend tae think. She disna. Cairts the bairn (he’s nearly twa)
1 matches

General Central

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
if the feasts wi the cairts, flags in front on page 28

2 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
ere.' He and Brock brocht the cairts, and the deuks and geese and on page 56

2 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
pleumen wid be doun in their cairts tae drive the tangle on tae t on page 54

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
n whaur tae stairt leukin. OS cairts can be gotten online at www.o on page 65

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ngit slum tenements, horse-an-cairts, university, railway station, on page 120

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
your weird throu the yuise o cairts, J. Pinkerton said in his beu on page 91

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
see the planets bi uisin the cairts o the hievens shawin whaur ye
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
itter Heid fock an thair ferm cairts, yaised tae gang doon the val
oon the valley wi thair empie cairts, bot fur thair retour hame; t
e gittin boggit doon wi thair cairts laidit wi thair messages, vit
whan travilin thair horses an cairts, cuid waitter thair
he waitter heid ferm horse an cairts, is the hinds, made thair wey
6 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
de, new noises are heard. Nae cairts or horses gan thir slow gait, on page 22

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
up Bratchie's Brae. The fish cairts wud flee up tha road at nicht on page 8

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
able. I was sellin kippers in cairts at his age an then...I heared on page 7

1 matches

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