howkin | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
---|---|---|---|
Total Corpus | 19.4 | 63 | 29 |
ORK - Orkney | |||
SHD - Shetland | |||
TON - Tonge | |||
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | |||
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
MNA - Mid Northern A | 32.7 | 10 | 5 |
MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
SNO - South Northern | |||
ABN - Aberdeen | |||
DOR - General Northern | 13.3 | 3 | 2 |
NEC - North East Central | 46.4 | 1 | 1 |
SEC - (South) East Central | 10.1 | 4 | 2 |
WCE - West Central | 13.8 | 3 | 3 |
DUN - Dundee | 42.5 | 4 | 2 |
EDN - Edinburgh | |||
GLA - Glasgow | 4.6 | 1 | 1 |
AYR - Ayrshire | 26.2 | 2 | 1 |
LAL - General Central | 43.8 | 33 | 11 |
SEA - South East (Borders) | 12.5 | 1 | 1 |
SWE - South West (Galloway) | |||
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) | |||
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) | 32.8 | 1 | 1 |
GUL - General Ulster | |||
SYN - Synthetic (no region) |
Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
ach in the hoose watchin fowk howkin amon aal ruins? Yer Mither wi on page 94
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
fur an argy-bargy. The tattie-howkin wisna tae stert at Steeny's,
leggit at her faither's feet, howkin the intimmers ooto her Hallow
meenit, fur it wis hard wirk howkin oot a Halloween neep.
ous styte an anely tholed the howkin o the neep an the dookin fur
4 matches
Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
corner, a finger up his nose howkin for snotters sayin, “If I c
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
, in a neuk o the tattie park howkin at a young tattie wi her dein
1 matches
@FaeFoggie tweeted
you, you'll be up for a wik o howkin tatties fir mi jist afore hea(2019)
be traipsin back ti meldrum. Howkin through I dreels. He kens far(2019)
Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
through the baa-pit, randomly howkin up baas in the hope een o the
ou’re trailing aifter them, howkin yer t-shirt sleeve doon ower
2 matches
Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
™s oneste naitur let him frae howkin
wesna beisie brunnin lyme or howkin stane fur the wark. The
2 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
estaiblishment that keeps on howkin up thon same auld tattie.
1 matches
Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
howkin yir banes up eftir rwintie ye on page 144
1 matches
Kay, Billy Time for Reflection, (archive2021.parliament.scot 2022) Central, government
Ye wull be howkin as weel fae a gowden seam in
1 matches
@d_anderson878 tweeted
It's the howkin o the intimmers thit A cannae(2020)
Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
trang lad an mair uise tae us howkin sods here wi Dauvit, John an on page 53
1 matches
Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
. Nor yersel, maist like. The howkin oot o faithless yird, the lay on page 3
1 matches
Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
uld earn a few bawbees wis by howkin the snaw aff the streets. But on page 46
une. Aw day lang, he had been howkin the snaw aff the streets. on page 57
n wi pleisure. 'I made her by howkin oot the inside o a massive bi on page 92
3 matches
Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
Wee Grumphie wis thrang, howkin a wee hole in the grund ootsi on page 53
gie ye three guesses, Rabbit. Howkin holes in the grund? Wrang. Lo on page 90
2 matches
Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
scart-scart-scartin o shools howkin intae the earth. on page 16
nd aw fower o the bairns were howkin thegither. Their front legs w on page 18
and Boonce and Beek were aye howkin. They'd howked oot a hole tha on page 20
'Because it means mair howkin and we're nane o on page 35
They warsled on wi the howkin a lang, lang while. They didn on page 38
Also on pages 44, 46, 447, 50, 58, 60
16 matches
Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
huntit ivvery inch o the raw, howkin amang stanes an lang gress. T on page 69
1 matches
Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Lewis. Suin oor Leodhasach is howkin glaur oot o the auld faimilie on page 91
1 matches
Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
innermaist saicrets o sellin. Howkin that gowden mine o informatio
1 matches
Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
s is raised anent research an howkin heuchs for tae hoise naitral
1 matches
Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
aboot the effecks o shale-ile howkin. Sae it seems claer at the’
1 matches
Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Us bairns aa haed a shottie o howkin oot the inside o the neep wi
1 matches
@billykayscot tweeted
owk. I wis oot in the gairden howkin weeds rakin leaves an cowpin (2020)
@LairnScots tweeted
folk refer tae them as tattie-howkin or tattie-pickin holidays in (2019) twitter link
The tattie-howkin holidays are nearly here! Dae (2018) twitter link
schuil term! Enjoy yer tattie-howkin hoalidays. https://t.co/8iDGF (2017) twitter link