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Use in varieties of Scots

haired Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.5 4.8 6.4 0 11.6 10.9 4.4
Number of occurrences179 4 0 2 1 1
Number of authors14 8 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of haired in Corpus

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Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Yon gowden haired lass fae owre the sea, on page 23

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
bun, coal, dram fae yer daurk-haired first fit. on page 77

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
sicht it wis, this toty daurk-haired body, sittin there wi her fee on page 9

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
' He glared at the wee, curly-haired and bearded man afore him. on page 53

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
stage. Gesturin tae the short-haired wumman tae heeze the curtain, on page 134

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
an run efter their auld white-haired, wrinkly mammy, but ah need t on page 74

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
out ti gang but, whan the rid-haired wicht kythit at
1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
guard gaped at the slim fair-haired lad an said, “Is this boy t

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
an pickit up Willie, the wire-haired Terrier. "Willie's gaun naewy on page 25

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e furled aroon te see a daark-haired lassie smilin it im. He opene on page 40

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I wint a short haired quine fa sometimes wears it t on page 179

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
is nae ill-luikin chiel: derk-haired, sax-fit heich, swippert an w
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
er, dis peerie wrinkled white haired tired aald wife. I stude dere on page 48
an da pictir o a lovely black haired infant da face a her Aandrew on page 78

2 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 59 - Five Poems frae the Chinese o Po Chu-I, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Langsyne ye gied til a whyte-haired chiel
1 matches

Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
ud be richt eneuch. Thon blak-haired yin's a quare haird-lukkin ti on page 24

1 matches

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