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The word 'higgins'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
higginsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.4245
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 558.2 17 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of higgins in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
guid’s mine,” quo Maisie Higgins. “I’m giein her a pyock o
eese. Maisie Higgins hid skirled at yon, an sae wa
Maisie Higgins, affa impressed, “Mrs Scott
3 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
tae the snooker, in case John Higgins needed a wee hand. "Och help on page 80
he Big Man. "Did ye hear John Higgins lost the snooker? That wisna on page 87

2 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
Higgins, McManus, Hendry on page 23

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Ode Tae 2021 , (twitter 2022) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Doon Sooth Wee Higgins, was a heid tha ba,
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"It's Grannie Higgins," explaint Hughie fur Daniel' on page 14
"Grace Higgins has a tongue wud clip cloots, on page 21
ths. She wud smile as Kenneth Higgins strapped up his braces afore on page 28
an rin up the path. "Grannie Higgins! Grannie Higgins! It's Big Me on page 39
bit o a sensitive maiter, Mrs Higgins. It's about Miss Higgins, yer on page 40
Also on pages 42, 43, 45
17 matches

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