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Use in varieties of Scots

hames Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.6 16.8 13.3 0 5.8 20.7 24.2
Number of occurrences5234 9 0 1 2 5
Number of authors34 23 3 1 2 4

Occurrences of hames in Corpus

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Central

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
In Machar's hames an kirks, on page 7

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
rby, whaur fowk hae set thair hames on page 18

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
roads aye lead tae hooses an hames. on page 64

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
and hames and lives were tint on page 129

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
are banished oot thair hames ilka muin on page 12

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
id, o fremit land an grun fir hames on page 30
in saicunt hames tae streetch their een an leg on page 33
regurgitatit hames fae the past's on page 43

3 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
rs are bein huntit frae their hames an kirks an outlawed for nae on page 25
When troopers are herryin the hames o the common folk, an threshi on page 26

2 matches

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
humfishin yer hames, cam first on page 20
ns an shilpit wuids, nae mair hames on page 39

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
idna for ordnar hear in thair hames, wark or community, an didna on page 60

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
bbin a couple ae posh stately hames. Ma mobile starts ringin oaf on page 16

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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
ob that fowk did in their ain hames, wi a mannie deliverin threid on page 62

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
In the embers o their hames he'd anneal them tae his will on page 40

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
ldin in oor homes, and I mean hames. on page 105

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
cho-vyces fill the bairn-reft hames on page 29
The pent-braw hames new made frae tume mills blac on page 63

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
We quat our hames: an still, ye ken, on page 50

1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
gin the tenements till aa the hames an the biggins fade awa. The on page 9

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
In Machars hames an kirks, faimilies an freens on page 69

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Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - The Tartanic, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
makin a mane aboot thir hames in the soom.
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
argil-bargillin ower hames, ferms an laun. It tirned fra
hames wiout hairths unner a sunn at
o’z gang awaw ti wir ain hames. He knaws at a seicret peth w
wk o the Widds aye hain thair hames bi plauntin a thikfauld
4 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
tae go tae aw ma auld friends hames and luring them tae their dea
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
us prisoners no juist in oor hames, but in oor minds, the circum
on oor shelfs but in oor care hames, oor miners clubs, oor boolin
2 matches

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
e dizzen. Bringing the wolves hames has wrocht a mair trig and ca
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
An’ trail back tae oor hames.”
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
oo faur she wis fae ony o her hames. “You possess the warld,”
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
d Ah thocht o you. Baith care hames featured ur fer folk wi demen(2020) search twitter

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
an tens o hundreds o hames that hiv burned. on page 20

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
fowk, terrifeed in their ain hames bi drug-fuelled gangs o halfl
, they sud aa be in their ain hames – itherwise the pain factor
Bit oh! The hames that murned them
3 matches

Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
feed or takkin them intae oor hames an lattin them become pairt o
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Naewey tae bide, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
o the nummer o fowk ’ithoot hames daes seem tae be drappin, an
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
therein cooriet doon in their hames, gled tae be happit an snod.
ngs war cooryin doon in their hames,
2 matches

Uri, Antonia Here's the problem wi the trad wife muivement, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
ery day tae mak sure that oor hames are in a state fit for a prin
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
otie settled doon tae her twa hames, an twa names. Freya an Magnu
1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
the hills tae thair hames. Is ae maitter o fack, yin ka
1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
es mony aulder folk at and in hames, their faimilies and carers t(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Tae big their hames an clachans on page 17

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
Scotch folk gaed tae mak new hames in haird times? Oor histories
1 matches

Gibson, Darren Oor ain strange lan, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ards, poetry
Noo aa but gan frae freenly hames,
1 matches

Gillen, Charles Oot Here Mae Lane, (Words without Borders Magazine 2004) Ulster, prose
The cullar an' hames maybe ouler than me, an' a bi
1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
tious boneys forenenst folks' hames. Pallets are ableeze forby." (2015) twitter link

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