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horns Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.1 11.8 22.6 0 0 10.3 13.3
Number of occurrences4223 15 0 0 1 3
Number of authors23 14 6 1 2

Occurrences of horns in Corpus

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Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 82 - Ae Legend o Sanct Benedict, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
gin he brennt! Horns, hurdies, hauchs, on page 52

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
sheep. Yon is a tuip. It has horns.' on page 14
..his lugs look a bittle like horns...an they are ower lang.' on page 81

2 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
is an eagle helm wi wings lik horns. He hid a reid shield wi a li on page 14

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
yon crabbie a black figure wi horns an a tail wis seen tae flee o on page 94

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
at Wully as if he'd jist grew horns. Ah half expectet him tae tur on page 127

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
n H, because it maks ye growe horns on the tap o yer heid, like a on page 155

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
O PLOOKS, COO BILES, BAUCHLED HORNS, BUHLS WI FOOSTIE BRAITH, LUG on page 29

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
He scartit his horns and scratched at his tail, on page 123

1 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
lie legs heezed up like three horns; she took a besom in her rich
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
oot car windies, blarin thir horns and chantin et the bus. A wun
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
- some ay them blastin their horns - an shakes his heid. ‘Rig
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
bulls’ heids, cleekin their horns an lowpin ontae their backs a
body o a man, but the heid an horns o a muckle bleck bull.
boot the monstrous size o his horns, an his muckle appetite; hoo
dooked unner the Minotaur’s horns an stickit his dirk intae the
4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
hae ony inclination tae lock horns wi thae men o bluid.
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e shaw him. She made bull’s horns at her foreheid wi a finger o
oblet his clappin an she made horns again, an cherged! Richt at h
in. She sut doon again, makin horns at thaim aa.
3 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
sayed Auld Donald, rubbin his horns.
1 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
Nevar too erly tae werr devil horns! :D(2020) search twitter

Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
and a bull wi muckle twisted horns, and nae a hale body atween t on page 40

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Haul aff its horns, loon," said Morrice, "dicht on page 45

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ht on unicorms wi their magic horns that steppit throw men's drea
1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
The muckle horns war hard as iron, an whan tha
he Billy-gait wi muckle roond horns, gien a snifter tae
2 matches

Harvey, Lewis Crash, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
eching o brakes and peeping o horns and worst o a the greetin and
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ple an scaley. He’s got twa horns an a hantle o
ur-plated bogle wi deevils” horns on its dowp an a tail that ga
tae Weirdich Wid. Deirdre’s horns war taiglit wi pairty streame
scrattin o Deirdre’s horns alang her branches.
starnies. He washed ahin his horns an dichtit his yalla heid til
8 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
w div I tak ma steak? Tak yer horns awa, wipe yer Erse n' serve Y(2015) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
A muckle cast o' horns and fleece on page 25

1 matches

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Wi hooves, an horns, an bearded chin on page 47
Lowered horns an evil luk on page 49

2 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
under the fairies an blaw the horns o a buck goat! (2014) twitter link

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