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The word 'hogmanay'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hogmanayOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus22.17232
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 32.7 10 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.7 5 1
WCE - West Central 27.6 6 3
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 42.5 32 13
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of hogmanay in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Tame Hogmanay, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
p, or whit might happen. When Hogmanay came roond there wis a mixtur
ll urging us tae ‘celebrate Hogmanay’ – but whit dis Tesco rea
it dis Tesco really ken aboot Hogmanay, apert fae the name?
will be if we hiv tae add ‘Hogmanay’ and ‘First Footeen’ ta
4 matches

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
il an Aly no playin on da TV, Hogmanay is cancelled an wir stuck in (2019) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
5. HOGMANAY
It wis the eve o Hogmanay. It wis Winter an it wis the
Tae Minnie's faither, Hogmanay meant little. Bit the quine k
die craa. It bein near eneuch Hogmanay he hid fand a suitable text,
at the bells, ay, an nae jist Hogmanay, either. Minnie myndit fin sh
8 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
d in hid set aff tae bring in Hogmanay wi her dother in Dunecht, sae
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
moonlit braes o Glen Lyon ae Hogmanay. (2020) twitter link

General Northern

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
waat’ch ‘e drammin’ o’wer Hogmanay. League nae o’wer yet!(2018)

@72redz1903 tweeted
tae get back tae Aiberdeen at Hogmanay, his brither stayed opposite (2020) twitter link

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
andupfarmer tae dae a special Hogmanay broadcast.(2019)
scher Looks like your average Hogmanay in parts o Aberdeen. ??(2019)

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
gilravagin at Hogmanay. It wes Jim Young at connekit
ti sei in the N’eir. On the Hogmanay o 1966, Jim pit thegither a b
im pit thegither a baun fur a Hogmanay Jauss Baun Ball ben a kirk ha
ausies wes tuim. The follaein Hogmanay we duin the sam. Than the pis
ent the lak o a proper Scotch Hogmanay, wi pypes an drums an lichcht
5 matches

West Central

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
aw the excess a Yuil Day and Hogmanay (aye, a guilt purchase), an t
1 matches

Pennie, Len Toast Tae The Daft Days, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
Between Christmas day and Hogmanay, for those who dinnae ken
1 matches

Pennie, Len The year A shouldnae hae had, (tictok 2022) Central - Kilmarnock, poetry
t I feel lit as Christmas and Hogmanay's ower an we've aw jist went
ay that I'll see yous aw next hogmanay another year that shouldnae h
2 matches

@annieones tweeted
ar's eve " while we celebrate hogmanay wae oor families an bring in (2021) twitter link
okshanks2 We don't do that on Hogmanay, we bring in the bells wae fa (2021) twitter link

Dundee

Robertson, Gary A Wee Dundee Xmas Poem, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
Boxin Day, Hogmanay, then bring in the bells
1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ddie, effeir, fash, gardyloo, hogmanay, purpie and vaig, tae name a
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ons than the fuckin Edinburgh Hogmanay firework display. And it widn
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Edward F. H. Chisnall Hogmanay 2020 on page x
And weans, conceived in Hogmanay o course, on page 59

2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
d hae seen the girnal tuim by Hogmanay gin they'd the pickins o it. on page 75

1 matches

General Central

Robson, Frances Lallans 85 - What Kind Of Scots?, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
So is it a BBC Hogmanay type of thing? on page 8

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
ffic jam oan the way tae thon Hogmanay Hooley an' ye wur feart ye wu on page

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
t A feel lit as Christmas and Hogmanay's ower and we've aw just went on page 92
ay that A'll see yous aw next Hogmanay, another year that we shouldn on page 93

2 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
icht as firewirks gaun aff on Hogmanay. on page 2

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
and cairry it hame, taste the Hogmanay bannocks, feel the jowe o the on page 62

2 matches

Robertson, James The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Lassie in the Snaw, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
It wis Hogmanay, and licht skailt fae the win on page 50
er. Naebody kent the joy that Hogmanay had brocht the wee lassie, or on page 55

2 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 58 - The Sang o the Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
e Tradesmen's Plooin Match at Hogmanay, he wad heize up yer hert. Hi on page 77

1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
P govrenment wadna mak it tae Hogmanay. It haed nae govrenin experie
1 matches

Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
Hogmanay is fast approachin, an wi it
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
yersel', and have a smashing Hogmanay mate... ?? (2022) twitter link
going doon.. ??.. Have a braw Hogmanay Des.. And I'll keep schtum ab (2022) twitter link
toon the night?.. Have a guid Hogmanay, and mind how ye go mate... ? (2022) twitter link
t cauld.. Likewise, enjoy yer Hogmanay evening.. Dinnae get too piss (2022) twitter link
and the family have a lovely Hogmanay mate... Dinnae let the lassie (2022) twitter link
and 7 other occurrences.

@jax6754 tweeted
avelling up tae Pitlochry fir Hogmanay! xxx????????(2015)
Back hame now fae celebrating Hogmanay up in Pitlochry, Scotland, an(2016)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
the merk pouers frae Neer tae Hogmanay. An gin thay are carlines, fo(2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
Widnae be a #Scots Hogmanay withoot some clootie dumpling (2020) twitter link
ang may yer lum reek! #Scots #Hogmanay https://t.co/dlFWbwpw89 (2019) twitter link
ad oor colourin-in sheets for Hogmanay here: https://t.co/NJjUzjYxfj (2018) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
al dose o' absolute drivel at Hogmanay again. Jings, whit ah widnad (2020)
utter shite. Gies a guid auld Hogmanay hoochter teuchter pa(2020)

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
his year, 1st Dec, celebrated Hogmanay there with ma best mate and h(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
HOGMANAY on page 77

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Hogmanay on page 80

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Hogmanay was aye a time whan folk thou on page 37

1 matches

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