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herts Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words38.3 44.5 28.1 39.7 52.3 51.7 4.8
Number of occurrences12789 19 4 9 5 1
Number of authors56 39 8 3 2 3 1

Occurrences of herts in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
Hare) "-it wis at the Queen o Herts's big concert, an ah hidtae s on page 70
: they wir covered aw aer wae herts. Then it wis the guests, mais on page 78
The King an Queen o Herts wir seatit oan their throne w on page 106
"The Queen o Herts, she made some tarts, Aw oan on page 108

8 matches

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
(the skeichen snorls o their herts are fluised) on page 86
again the skerries o their herts on page 90
ie wi rain Are the wynds, Oor Herts. on page 98

4 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
n your hert is confortit (for herts are aye confortit) ye will be on page 87

1 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
This filled thir herts wi dread. on page 21

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
d concert gied by the Queen o Herts, an I had tae sing on page 44

8 matches

Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
hat'll gar the stounin in wir herts devaul, an the deid bide anen on page 55

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
s an strikin terror intae the herts o puir folk at raver; but thi on page 37
y Thy vengeance strike at the herts o the enemies o thy Kirk an C on page 54
orth tae strike terror in the herts o the guid folk o the south-w on page 58

3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Letters to the Editor - Consumer Confidence, (The Scotsman 2002) Central, newspaper
ns the best wey o reachin the herts o fowk is tae mak mair uiss o on page 13

2 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 104 - Ordnar Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
vel throu, Tae mixter wi guid herts. She's Russian. "Wurld Leader on page 89

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
jist been pumped five yin by Herts. on page 34
Aldo like ah need tae witness Herts liftin the Scottish Cup again on page 62

2 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an thank thir herts foriver. on page 44

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
That fills theer herts. They'll growe sae keen on page 160

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
the constant courage the fou herts o thae fechters on the front on page v
t glows in the daurk like oor herts or verra banes o the earth, l on page x
Herts o bluid diamonds tae cut doon on page 39
It's real broken herts and aw the Diel mey offer. on page 85

5 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
d o Rabbit's didna lift their herts as it micht hae done. And syn on page 93

1 matches

Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
And in the herts o young and auld on page 19
he neeps tae were bubblin, aw herts were burst open - on page 36

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
bands o Arrol's brig in their herts on page 24

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
burden o grief's still in oor herts as weel; on page 19
We canna set oor herts against these men. on page 25
sht, wheesht. Dinna fash your herts. on page 26
Hate ludgit in their herts, on page 35

5 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
still unfurl oor herts' auld sangs an screeds. on page 112

1 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
openin their minds, airms, herts on page 30

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
"Herts o young queans and louns" - on page 10

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
Summer moms maun steer up the herts o young men wha still hae bri on page 136

1 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 83 - Cochise o the Apache Nation, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Gae as sunlicht intil oor herts. on page 25

1 matches

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
eed braw claes tae win fowk's herts. on page 69

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
ed aboot and whit lifts their herts," the nichtingale said. "Kenn on page 111

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
tae ye wi hummel and sorrafu herts. on page 97

3 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
Sing til yer herts, whit wey we dinna ken, - on page 30

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
al programme o 1959, whan the Herts baet Third Lanark 1-0. on page 123

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
t a prile o aces - the ace o herts, the ace o spades an the ace on page 58

2 matches

Robertson, James Melt (Yin), (Kettillonia 2001) Central, poetry
Jock o the Herts cleiks in wi the Black Shuil
1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 74 - The Warld Nixt Door, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
ilka drame o oor herts an mair;
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Thochts o Speakin Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2001) Central, prose
en duin areddies an tho thair herts an thair heids kens noo that
1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 75 - The MacNificat, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
o addictions in the herts o the weak an sweir,
1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
Oor herts sair
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
n a nyow warl o fowk wi stout herts an strang baks at
uik the gate ti Tornes wi hie herts. At nicht, thai stappit at
the herts o baith men, an the trublance
3 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ologists, for sprayed-on luve-herts an snashes, nems an lewdness,
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Wi herts maist like tae burst fae fear
Oor herts agin the loss. The deil
2 matches

Smith, Jamie O pigs and dugs: what for dae we treat them sae different?, (Mak Forrit 2024) Central - Edinburgh, blog
de the news, titched fowk’s herts, and her and her faimily haes
1 matches

Gilmour, Rosie Fareweel tae Wallyford, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
Locked in oor herts wi memories sure tae last
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
y an trainin an tae the stout herts o the sodgers theirsels.
1 matches

Heather, Alistair The ghaist lichts, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
Fowk gied mair room in their herts an heids tae the naitural war
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
fairly gied us a fleg, an oor herts an heids a dirl but oh! hou w
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
"A mairriage is a promise twa herts be gled tae mak, a promise ta
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
€™ rogues singin’ their wee herts oot ‘to be a nation againâ€
nds oan wur jumpers where oor herts micht be if we hadnae selt th
2 matches

Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
duals or even as humans wi’ herts an’ souls, but simply aim t
1 matches

Ahmad, Nyla How We Celebrate – scrievin prompt, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
Lanely Herts
Scrieve a lanely herts style advert for a person yeâ
2 matches

Wallace, Lorna A Scot’s Lament fur her American Fellows (Oan their election of a tangerine gabshite walloper)., (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2016) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
An’ pour oor wee herts oot ti those
1 matches

Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
The herts of folk wir full o’ care.
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
r yer harrans an jeelt ur yer herts
1 matches

Kay, Billy Time for Reflection, (archive2021.parliament.scot 2022) Central, government
t the yird itsel and haud oor herts.
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
nin doon our pusses while oor herts brek awey intae a thoosand di
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
ou, the petted lips an broken herts, I content mysel jist thinkin(2020) search twitter

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
but herts o hope. I mind ae time on page 11
wi shields an scutcheons, herts, aye crownit herts on page 27
bloody reid herts (maistly ither folk's) on page 31

4 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
him wi nae fears, an wi stoot herts afore him, aa e days o wir li on page 81
n taks e wird awa oot o their herts for fear they mith believe an on page 93
crood. They aa ett till their herts' content an they gaithered up on page 95
wis lik a fire burnin in wir herts fan he spak till hiz on e roa on page 121

4 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
But Herts an Hibs wid be a guid match on page 93
Lift up yer herts an sing me a sang on page 143

3 matches

Philp, George Lallans 67 - Thochts anent Sangschaw and Penny Wheep, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
an the soun that faddoms the herts o men on page 139

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
eg concert given by e Queen o Herts, an ah hed till sing on page 68
ssion, came E KING AN QUEEN O HERTS. on page 76

3 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
AT'S FIT WYE FOWKS HERTS DIV BLEED,
s tae tak em tae Staffa their herts
2 matches

Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
fe. Yur gan tae break a lot o herts cus you such a lovely quiney!
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
ou hae the mair paths tae the herts o ithers. Bonnie Dyooks! (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
every penny that gaed on the herts and lace on page 9
We're aal gaan roond wi heavy herts, wir faces draan and white. on page 33

2 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
in the world, baetan herts on page 123

1 matches

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
rm thir feet as weel ais thir herts whin night time cam.
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
a grett concert at da Wheen o Herts wis haein, an I hed ta sing on page 72
was: dey wir aa deckit oot wi herts. Nixt cam da invited fok, mae on page 80
Da Keeng an da Wheen o Herts wis sittin apo da royal tronn on page 109
"Da Wheen o Herts, shö med some tarts on page 111

8 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
nday moarnin whin shü saa da herts draan ower my jotter, wi 'Edd on page 19

1 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
in this auld land o deean herts and leids on page 144

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 59 - Five Poems frae the Chinese o Po Chu-I, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Whas herts kens naither joy or dule,
1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Whas herts ken naither joy or dule,
1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
hair daily darg, wi blithsome herts.
Him the owerance o thair herts an mynds.
2 matches

Ulster

Wilson, Glen Yarns 3 - A Ghaist Train in Portrush, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Portadown, poetry
Ablachs in rags, herts in draig,
1 matches

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