A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

houl Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words25.9 0.5 13.6 0 0 0 323.1
Number of occurrences831 9 0 0 0 73
Number of authors16 1 1 15

Occurrences of houl in Corpus

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Central

Dornan, Stephen Eemis Stane 1 - Lees an Crams, or Ossian on the Death of Cuchullin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Tha deid houl their wheesht, an gie deil th on page 23

1 matches

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
an aye fell flat oot doon eih houl. Yea widna bileev, we didna l on page 11
He wis stannen exactly en thi houl jist afore eis rescue boatie on page 17
cood fit, Doon abilow en eih houl. Still yee hawing, we kept ha on page 19
Bang!!," Caim fae thi boat's houl. "Fit's Ronalt deein doon air on page 26
seein at, aye dukket doon eih houl. Awthin gcid qweat, on page 47
Also on pages 48, 49
9 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
an ower hir face an tried tae houl bak the tide o mortification on page 43
ir hair. She reached ower tae houl him again, but he was gaun. S on page 53

2 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
An houl oor wheesht. on page 4
Tha pews wud houl baith guid an bad. on page 28
Tha yin tae houl tha money, on page 46
Tha mair we houl tha warl is roon, on page 57

5 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
"Houl yer wheesht, Ma!" said the ye on page 31
ab in the air. Shae niver got houl o oniethin, but shae hard a w on page 36
e fussy - Here, Bill! Grab a houl o this rope - Wull the roof on page 38
hin anither mixture o voices-*Houl haes heid up-Brandy nooDimnae on page 39
arly in ite hurry tae git the houl o it: thin Alice, thinkin it on page 42
Also on pages 61, 95, 122
9 matches

Warwick, Matthew Fergie an Freens oan tha fairm, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2011) Ulster - Rural Mid-Antrim, weans
"Ach, catch a houl o yersels an quat ectin tha g on page 11

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
aists, an coorse wraiths, aye houl sway. on page 9
a dander at dailygaun, gin ye houl yer wheest, an prick up yer l on page 14
Houl yer horses, an houl yer wheest, on page 15
Tha crack's aye "houl yer ain!" on page 17
folk houl their wheesht on page 47
Also on pages 59
7 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ven, an violent men ir takkin houl o it. Fer up tae Jhone's time on page 9
n ye. In thair hans the' wull houl ye up, less ye dunt yer fit a on page 75
"Houl yer wheesht, an cum oot o hï on page 76
n tak ït ïn, but ït disnae houl wi thaim. For whan haird time on page 83
wickit spïrit ïs aye takkin houl o hïm, sae he lets oot a gul on page 86
Also on pages 91, 100, 102, 104, 105, 107, 108
19 matches

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
rget. They couldnae catch the houl o him, thank goodness. George on page 32

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
o yore, Tha mair the' cudnae houl a tune - ye cud tell the' wu on page 4
An tha maist feck o fowk wud houl wi a freat or twa. on page 11
othert wi this. "Wud ye ivver houl yer wheesht", he said, in a b on page 16

3 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
ure hae cum a lang wie bit we houl at oor identity hes sae mich on page 4
rs an' prejudices o' thaim at houl thaim no on page 24
3. Houl conferences, waarkshaps, coll on page 30

3 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
If sumbodie toul ye tae houl yer wheest on page 44

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Ding Doon tha Mairch Dikes, (Modern Poetry Translation 2019) Ulster - Comber, poetry
for tae houl oor ain,
1 matches

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
forenenst Irish identity took houl. As weel as that, the rural c
modren Ulster-Scots poets wha houl their ain wi the writers fae
I mind fae whan I was a wean houl their wheest noo, for they're
3 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
tha speirin foarm an get tha houl o us tae ax fur yin or mair E
haud at this address, get tha houl o us tae ax fur yin or mair a
hale speirin foarm or get tha houl o us tae get an Eik Speirin F
’s mair nor 6 fowk, get tha houl o us tae ax fur an Eik Speiri
Whut passpoorts dae ye houl?
5 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
It’s wile hard tae houl Jenny’s han withoot stories
1 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
“Ye’ll haetae houl oan tae John can mak ye a dac
1 matches

@OrangRuth tweeted
undy will need wan if I get a houl of him. https://t.co/RrTTRokb(2018) search twitter

@the_gellick tweeted
aist Ulster-Scots writers wud houl on tae tha "t" in those, I ja (2019) twitter link
I got the houl o twa wee books wi a wheen o (2016) twitter link
Is the houl up in the @Conservatives deal (2017) twitter link
Aye, but houl on til tha ganshes in tha com (2020) twitter link
fter this oul lockdoon an get houl o yin. (2020) twitter link
and 3 other occurrences.

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
A wee nip o' tha craiter ta houl tha coul away! Monie thenks t (2021) twitter link

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