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hans Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words64.8 10.6 150.1 69.6 5.8 10.3 354.1
Number of occurrences21021 100 7 1 1 80
Number of authors40 10 15 6 1 1 8

Occurrences of hans in Corpus

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Central

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
faimilies an freens haud hans, on page 7

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
n jyner, an like aa shutterin hans, he wis aboot as perjink as a on page 85
Ye wis takkin yer life in yer hans rinnin ower tae the cludgie f on page 86
ters. The boys wis aa shakkin hans an wissin ilk ither weel, an on page 90

5 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
on a tress wi his heid in his hans, on page 26

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
wricht wha gaed bi the name o Hans Sachs o Nürnberg (1494-1576) on page 45
itie's it's awn rewaird, says Hans Sachs. on page 48

3 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
is like a picture in Grimm or Hans Andersen. It wis like the hoo on page 180

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
muckle hans on page 17
her hans abune her hips. on page 29

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
its erse, you kin dae wi yer hans!" on page 65

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
e nor ever. They'll be in the hans o professionals frae ootwith on page 9

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
rks, faimilies an freens haud hans, fin words tae mend crackt ha on page 69

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 67 - Ane Amang Monie, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Hamilton, poetry
(Pte. George Hans Hardie, 1st Batt. Gordon High on page 143

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
haein a plane or a saw in his hans." on page 98

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
an Wee Stories' adaptation o Hans Christian Andersen's The Empe
1 matches

@annieones tweeted
hud huv seen the colair ov ma hans, nails an evryhing eilse efte (2021) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
ns look? Some o the best kent Hans Christian Andersen's fairytal (2021) twitter link

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
corn on offer at aa. Wi teem hans, ma brither wad poot-poot rou on page 55

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
aa hiv?' Mam teen a haud o ma hans. "Ye're gaun te be the best b on page 91
mannies an tosses it inte ma hans. on page 93

2 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
As the hans o the clock roon tae midnicht on page 15

3 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
year is't syne oor folk laid hans on page 26
file their hans are in your pooch. on page 31

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Hans at nivver vrockt the grun on page 6
n!" said Winnie, haudin up er hans an leukin like she'd steed in on page 14
t it," said Ina, haudin up er hans. "Aa Maisie said wis at Nelli on page 23
ean ony hairm." He held up is hans. "Dinna git yersel aa wirkit on page 24
the verdick, en?" She run er hans ower er ample figir. on page 28
Also on pages 33, 44, 52, 53, 60, 62, 77, 78, 80, 81, 89
17 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
's a gweed loon, nae wanderin hans or sudden grabs in the dark, on page 94

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
naethin." Morrice held up his hans. "Sinburn, praan pysonin, ski on page 6
" said Morrice, haudin up his hans as he opened the bathroom doo on page 9
ruptit Morrice, haudin up his hans. ""Ah'm nae fir strangers paa on page 11
Ah'll gie ye yer heid in yer hans te play wi - ye'll need mair on page 16
admirin aa wik fell oot. Her hans war shakkin as she lut the gl on page 17
Also on pages 23, 26, 32, 36, 39, 42, 60, 61, 68, 77, 82, 85, 89, 90, 91, 92, 95
27 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
le. He steed there waggin his hans at them, nae fit tae say a th on page 79
z lowss fae wir faes, oot o e hans o them att dinna care for hiz on page 81
tin them, rubbin them i their hans. A fyow o e Pharisees said ti on page 88
lt foo e chiel hid been i the hans o e deils an hid been made aa on page 94
Man will be gien up intill e hans o men." Bit they kentna fit h on page 96
Also on pages 100, 101, 104, 120, 121
12 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
oan," said Jack, haudin up is hans. "Ah'm nae feenished." He tee on page 11
rman," said Duncan, shovin is hans inte the pooches o'is anorak on page 13
"OH! OH!" Dottie held baith hans up in the air es iv it micht on page 26
"Okay, okay." Stevie waved is hans in the air. "Ah'll admit at t on page 35
te pen is reply. He dried is hans oan is briks an wis jist aboo on page 42
Also on pages 44, 46, 49
9 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
An huddin tae each ithers hans, on page 19
An in his hans he hid his pipe - on page 23

3 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Ye still shout, "Git yer hans oot o' there!" on page 95
See i'hans ir movin on page 164

2 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
While peedy hans make a kinda pretence Wur wan on page 5
peedy-'," an she crossed her hans on her lap as if she were say on page 18
de iss she looked doon at her hans, an wis surprised till see at on page 19
Alice fowlded her hans, an began: on page 43
ders got till? An oh, ma poor hans, how is id A canna see ee?" S on page 49
Also on pages 51, 57, 76, 79, 100, 115, 116, 120
14 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
That ever ye laid hans upon
1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ia an the Baltic. Fowk sic as Hans Stuart, Jakob Scott, Peter Fo
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
e creepie, boo ma heid in ma hans. Kieran, Kieran, Kieran ma ba
1 matches

Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2021) Doric - Fraserburgh
east sharn neuk in Davie’s hans

Findlater, Mark , (no publisher recorded 2022) Doric - Troup, government
Air trust is in your hans
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
lickin tae the aforementioned Hans, at team at each others throa (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
li_Leith On doubles noo baith hans(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - Five Signs, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Tak yer evil hans and razor aff me. on page 15

1 matches

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
swill the claes aroond wi me hans for the waater wis so couled, on page 17

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Like wur skely sweean hans on page 67

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
id oot tae him an he sees hir hans are shakin. He taks the lette on page 38
Hans raech oot, straech on page 158

2 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ble, gripped by the calloused hans, on page 95

1 matches

Miller, Alison The Point o Tinsal, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Orkney, poetry
(his kep in a kruil in his hans, wae jalouse),
1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
knorr o shite?' He gooped his hans on page 18

1 matches

Southern

Purdie, David C. Lallans 74 - I Hae A Drame, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, poetry
wull be yable tae jyne hans wi white laddies an white las
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
wean's hans unner the wattertap in the sc on page 3
her's passin had bin in God's hans whan German guns had razed hi on page 7
uived ahint Daniel an pit hir hans on his shoulers. on page 15
g as twa fameeliar red, swoll hans plooed throu the watter, pluc on page 18
rnt tae the mirror an rin hir hans doon the banes that edged oot on page 19
Also on pages 20, 25, 28, 29, 31, 35, 39, 40, 41, 44, 48, 50, 53, 55, 57, 59, 60
38 matches

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Rubbin hir hans on page 2
Epples in baith hans. on page 13
rin bikes an wirelesses amang hans, an tellyveesions in the dehs on page 49

3 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Hans an elbas trap't forrit on page 17
r roon That pierce ma feet an hans. on page 65
Whase hans ir clean, whase hairt is pure on page 69

3 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ae luk eftèr ye, an wi thair hans the' wull haud ye up, fer fea on page 3
Clain hans or clain hairts? on page 9
s buits. Wi tha fork ïn hïs hans, he'll redd up tha thrashin-f on page 74
an keep an ee on ye. In thair hans the' wull houl ye up, less ye on page 75
im tae Jesus; an he püt hïs hans on iverie yin o thaim, an hea on page 76
Also on pages 78, 93, 100, 106, 109, 110, 111, 112
22 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Wi cailst hans on page 38

3 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
ws whar, Or let on tae be oul hans, an cannae dae ocht ava. Whil on page 12
n had a wee sniff at Wullie's hans. "Thats tha pup" he sayed tae on page 18

2 matches

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
titasking' (daein wark atween hans) an gaein hale-heidit fur a t on page 9
¯tish Goverment pit laa throu-hans at Wastmïnstèr furtae men t on page 12
e 7, parrygraph 3, pits throu-hans tha fordèrin o respeck fur i on page 15
t or Unnèr-Docht Leids throu-hans an wunnin til't, this Roadin on page 19
n throu-bearin lairnin atween hans 'at's tae tha purpose fur dom on page 33
Also on pages 47
6 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
shoart tim' ection ir tie the hans o' thaim at cum efter. on page 22

1 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
lang the monkey bars wi their hans an sleekin unnerneath the Bil
1 matches

Fenton, James The Lade, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
agane the scholars’ glammin hans. An we thocht o the wie the w
1 matches

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