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Use in varieties of Scots

hearth Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10 12.9 3 0 5.8 10.3 13.3
Number of occurrences3225 2 0 1 1 3
Number of authors17 11 2 1 1 2

Occurrences of hearth in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
cat that wis lyin nex tae the hearth an grinnin fae ear tae ear. on page 58

1 matches

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
an ingle in the benmaist hearth, on page 17
Twa bars left on the hearth, on page 80

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
s coal in a haip on the forge hearth syne licht the kindlin, syne on page 21

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
tie-cat, that wis lyin on the hearth, an erinnin frae lug tae lug. on page 44

1 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
e bairns sit wide-e'ed by the hearth, on page 8
Oor bed cantie hearth, on page 16

2 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
'll keep yon licht bleezin In hearth an in hairt on page 77

3 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
a guid licht on the peat-fire hearth in middle o the stane flair, on page 22
" The auld man raise frae the hearth an totterec forrit on his cru on page 24
doun at the ither side o the hearth as she jagged hersel wi the n on page 25
e beddin, an cinners frae the hearth. John wis fair pleased. on page 42
u the rutf frae the peat-fire hearth in the middle o the flair. In on page 56
Also on pages 71
7 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Saif in my ain hearth on page 52

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
rs aw, protectin oor hame and hearth. on page v
ye'll mebbe keep yer life and hearth. on page 143

2 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
hearth-rug, and wis bringin the rest on page 127

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
clean Davie's bluid frae the hearth-stane. on page 22

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
s ... the maw’s nest on the hearth, the saut watter in the kaily
Beatrice leukit towart the hearth, an saw that Hsien had come i
“Guid idea. Is there a hearth?”
3 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
eeg cat, wheech wis lyan on e hearth an grinnan fae loog till loog on page 56

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
e wis dauncin blythely in the hearth. The braiss tings an poker st
1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
slate on the hearth, on page 23

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ig cat, which was lyin oan th hearth an grinnin frae lug tae lug. on page 57

1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Aroon tha apen hearth on page 13

1 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
Hearth rug, on page 17
g cat, that wus sittin on the hearth grinning frae lug tae lug. on page 58

2 matches

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