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hantle Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words35.5 42 42 0 0 10.3 13.3
Number of occurrences11583 28 0 0 1 3
Number of authors44 35 7 1 2

Occurrences of hantle in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
Nou there were a hantle ill seeds on the hame planet on page 22
e fykiest thing o aw. It is a hantle fykier tae juidge yoursel tha on page 40
ha wis sitten seelent afore a hantle bottles that were toom, an an on page 44
I hae freends tae finnd, an a hantle things tae unnerstaund.' on page 69
a guid bit faurer... It is a hantle mair difficult.' on page 84

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ae a letter, efter aa: it's a hantle o rhymes." on page 44

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
which the animals luiked wi a hantle o interest. on page 6

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
In ma hantle ken on page 41

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
d hide in safety, alangside a hantle o auld swords an pistols slai on page 42
Wi her hantle o healthy bairns aboot her, J on page 73

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Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
tae its hinner-end, a hantle o days on page 55

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
th, raidin and laungrabbin. A hantle of the wee kings and lordis t on page 14

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
'A hantle,' said Mrs Phelps, astonisht. on page 10
or so he thocht, by rubbin a hantle o lotion cried OIL O VIOLETS on page 52

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
odie on the docks made a fair hantle o siller but maist o aw Big D on page 59

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Rennie, Susan The Teeger that Cam for his Tea, (Floris Kelpies 2018 ISBN: 978-1782504665) Central, weans
the messages an they bocht a hantle mair things tae eat. on page 27

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
jan she'll be ganshin tae the hantle, Betsy." on page 91

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
nkin district wis made up o a hantle o wide streets wi muckle marb on page 62
tter tae oor story wan bit. A hantle o actors and actresses stoati on page 142

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
an read the pome tae masel a hantle o times tae unnerstaund ilka on page 83

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
Livingston) at are hame tae a hantle Gleswegians (Macafee, 2000: 1 on page 9

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Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
es - caw it their weird or a hantle o orra connections. At ony ra on page 90

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Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
This hantle o soonds and wirds can be, hu on page 3

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Drosten, John Lallans 67 - Fower Poems bi John Drosten, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
wi a hantle o flunkies on ilka haun on page 135

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
tyme which is nae waur nor a hantle o whit is in the lave o Whist on page 69

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
fac it went roun the sizeable hantle o builders gaithert in the ho on page 72

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - review, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
an siccar wad gar ye lauch a hantle mair on the stage. on page 109

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
Anither Hantle o Verse: Poems in Scots for C on page 122

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Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
stounds. There is, houever, a hantle o houghmagandie that, faur fr on page 127

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
on will be richt haundy for a hantle fowk, bit no necessar for awb on page 129

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 56 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
uid wabsteids this ane haes a hantle airtins tae ither steids o le on page 15

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Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
made the sign o the cross; a hantle black
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
r tae win at that thare’s a hantle clean an no-sae-clean turns,
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
16. Progress wi a hantle o the objectives has been sla
tae Urdu. Tho there a hantle promisin individual initiativ
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
orm for screivin as well as a hantle spoken dialects wi a braid co
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Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
s, Sunflowers, Lallans, and A Hantle o Verse (publisht bi Museums
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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
Hit haes been a hantle years fae legislation wis ina
awards gies a platform tae a hantle o screivers, groups, an turns
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ar, an be late Middle Scots a hantle fowk was evidently awaur o th
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
Ireland speaks, as weel’s a hantle in Donegal an Monaghan, an th
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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
local shops. The pey wad be a hantle
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
the day. Young’s Scots is a hantle sicht braider nor Lochhead’
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Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
earch has helped tae answer a hantle o the maist common speirins a
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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
Norris cosplayers. But a fair hantle o pro-indy proselytisin recen
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Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ehou, ah got the job, an wi a hantle o Scots spikkers amang ma col
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Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
e millions, it is. Thraw in a hantle o oor ither Scots scrievers -
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
eneuch tae feed us and a hale hantle ithers forby. This ae ferm o
haundlin o mawin and rakin a hantle better as Cameron and his men
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n slopes. They hit the grun a hantle yairds apairt on a patch o sc
expeckit. She had pickit up a hantle wirds fae thon awfu Stephen,
therin up the sparse muild. A hantle wild sheep tane whit they cud
There wis a hantle halflins amang the Wanderers,
bit Ah canna concentrate wia hantle o fowk aroon.”
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
the years 1637-1667, makkin a hantle comment on political an relee
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McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
nin o autonomy. It’s jist a hantle o thochts that’s been knock
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
The wis a hantle sicht o kenspeckle fowk wi an
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
Sae, whit are a hantle o featurs o Scottish Staunart
It leams a skyrie licht on a hantle o Scots literature ootthrough
2 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
on, the Scots leid has a guid hantle o influence fae Auld Norse, G
rb “tae thole” – a fair hantle o whase meanin we maun but ty
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Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
A hantle ither poems in the manuscript
nuscript are attributit tae a hantle ither men, aw faimily memmers
Pinkerton, whae furthset a hantle o its poems in the 18th centu
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Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
The late 16th-century hantle o sindry verse, the Maitland
phs; in atween – alang wi a hantle ither scrievins – is the ma
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Kirk Jn, Albert Tae Ilka Scots Makar an Scriever, (twitter.com 2022) Central, poetry
An steuchs lik a hantle o keech on yer shuin,
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
s o Scotland. Forby a kenable hantle o shared wirds, they can aft
guistic kinship, forby a guid hantle o shared wird-kist.
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@GMacminto tweeted
@billykayscot A guid hantle Scots Deniers is like tae hau (2022) twitter link

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
'd howpit, it haed creaatit a hantle mair he cud nivver hae thocht on page 76
ower the rodd. An ahin him a hantle o his pals, aa needin servt i on page 77

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
ed haen a gweed job an made a hantle o siller. on page 30

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
Bit fan he saa a hantle o e Pharisees an Sadducees co on page 9
"Dinna lay bye for yersel a hantle o trock in e warl, far it'll on page 14
er ain ee, than ye mith see a hantle better tae tak e speck oot o on page 15
le crood o his disciples an a hantle o fowk fae Jerusalem an fae J on page 89
An a hantle o e Pharisees i the crood say on page 112

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ularly cross the border for a hantle o reasons. Jist dinna forget on page 5

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 57 - Mac, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Doric, prose
seekin anidder caat. Ye've a hantle wark wi them; they mak an unc on page 27

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McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
kintra as it wes. There wes a hantle little-wee burnies rinnin str on page 31
, an aa she cwid say, efter a hantle o thinkin, wes "L, I ken it s on page 45
wye can she wyve wi siccan a hantle?" the bambaizit quinie thocht on page 71
se!" said the Yowe, steekin a hantle o the wyres intil her hair, s on page 72
iver been inventit, an a fair hantle at hesna been inventit or nou on page 83
Also on pages 90, 100
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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
ise conclusion, and there's a hantle o weel-tellt anecdotes ana. T on page 124

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
e conclusion, and there’s a hantle o weel-tellt anecdotes ana. T
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
an poker, coal scuttle, an a hantle ither geegaws frae mantle an
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
oot culture-cairriers tae the hantle o mystifeed furriners. Syne h
1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - A Wird i Yer Lug, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
sna tae be winnert aat that a hantle wirds got misst oot in e proc
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Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
nk. An forby yon, there wes a hantle mair fowk in ilka team. An yo
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ey. He’s got twa horns an a hantle o
gaed Katie a drawin buik an a hantle o felt
jist fit it aywis hid bin, a hantle o dweeble cardboard.
wi himsel. Anither hantle o
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Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government, (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
ecision tae include plantin a hantle o flooers an trees in the pro
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Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
or fendin us braw picturs o a hantle o the precious things she leu on page 5

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Ulster

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
. Twa-leid skeel gies weans a hantle mair nor twa leids! on page 9
tha valye o Ulstèr-Scotch a hantle mair. on page 28

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@the_gellick tweeted
Gellick wull gie you a quare hantle o #UlsterScots tweets! Aa the (2014) twitter link

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