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Use in varieties of Scots

hairs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.3 10.1 11.2 0 5.8 10.9 17.7
Number of occurrences3219 7 0 1 1 4
Number of authors20 11 5 1 1 2

Occurrences of hairs in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
his lugs burnin, the hairs in his neb hardenin wi ilka on page 18

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Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ters wi mair scars nor I haed hairs on ma chin, likit the hingin on page 56
rhymes nor Skalla-Magnus haed hairs on his heid, an grinned alang on page 57

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
d it oot bi shavin some o the hairs aff o his foreairm. I could s on page 86

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
then. Stiff as a wee stooky, hairs staunin up oan the back ae ma on page 1

6 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
used tae dye the hackit broon hairs that kept growin unnerneath. on page 50

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
-raip an happit in saft silky hairs. A wis fair taen-on wi the ma on page 81

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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
The gray hairs yet stack to the heft;
The gray hairs yet stack tae the heft;
2 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
in, the wund dirlin throu the hairs o her sleekit heid an back, a
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@DABArbuckle tweeted
Boggin wae dandruff and auld hairs. Lucked like a modler dragged(2020) search twitter
fe pulls oot yin o ma eyebrow hairs.(2020) search twitter

@weenell3 tweeted
@Ian_Burnett_ I cannae split hairs between you and George Foulke (2022) twitter link

@changed_days tweeted
@james19872_55 @Ljt10x Ma hairs the longest its ever been. Na (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
uptit Alec. "Appairently, the hairs aat eesed te growe on yer leg on page 68

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
wi her tears an dry them wi e hairs o her heid, kisst his feet an on page 92

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
sy, wi jist a twa, three fite hairs throw it. Forbye, fa'd rin th
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
d o the article that made the hairs on the back o my neck stand u
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tae the cellar. She felt the hairs on the back o her neck prickl
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@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
thin' worse in a puckly stray hairs in yer mooth efter a pie or t(2015) search twitter

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Announcin Truncherfaece twins, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
na held wan wi joost twartree hairs on da croon o his head. “Di
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
whyte hairs haes kythed
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
e ye go, son. That'll mak the hairs grow on yer chest!" on page 1

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ye cannae mak even yin o yer hairs white or blek. Jist let yer ' on page 6
r knowin it. ° Fer tha verie hairs o yer heid ir aa coontit. Sae on page 9
onie o thaim. Even tha verie hairs o yer heid ir aa coontit, sae on page 91

3 matches

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