Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

hare	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	65.2	35	61.8	9.9	180.2	341.1	154.9
Number of occurrences	209	68	41	1	31	33	35
Number of authors	26	14	6	1	1	2	2

Occurrences of hare in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
the ither paw, "is the Merch Hare's hoose. Go whitever wey ye l on page 63
af in the direction the Merch Hare wis sposed tae live. "Ah've s on page 64
he saw the hoose ae the Merch Hare: she thought it must be the r on page 65
nt ae the hoose, an the Merch Hare an the Hatter wir hivvin tea on page 66
t whit it is?" said the Merch Hare. on page 67
Also on pages 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 109, 110, 122
31 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
The Tortoise and the Hare on page 29

7 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ck mist clampit doun ower the Hare Craig, he paused, an his pair on page 44

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
e air lik' a bouncy wee Scots hare, wi' yer twa wee feet liftit on page

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
RLD fowk hae heard o Burke an Hare, the Edinburgh lads that were on page 108
h, whaur the trial o Burke an Hare had increased security at aw on page 109

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
but twa war Burke an Hare - on page 49

1 matches

Templeton, Sheila Lallans 73 - Lairnin About Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
wi danglin leggy hare or rabbit. on page 55

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
me screamin like a pounced-on hare across thon cinder grun an in
1 matches

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
nds. William Burke an William Hare cam tae the realisation that
But an ben wi Burke an Hare.
Burke’s the butcher, Hare’s the thief,
3 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
puddock alangside o a lowpin hare doun the scroggie bank.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
s somethin in its talons - a hare mibbe - soarin higher an hig
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
s in Maryhill. We've had some Hare Krishnas singin roond the str
1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
ike as not tae cam across the Hare Krishnas an’ they feart me.
n, an’ ah didnae trust they Hare Krishnas wan bit. Ah mean, Em
ir weird sing song chantin ‘Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Hare K
Krishna, Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Hare Hare’ they ci
Krishna, Hare Hare’ they cid just git richt ro
13 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
Jehovah’s Witnesses or the Hare Krishna mob, maist folk didna
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
's why I'm a tortoise an no a hare! Happy Christmas tae you and (2014) search twitter

Doric

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - Oor Grun, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
The mountain hare, skytin ower the moor hisnae on page 88

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Il tell Mam - ye rin like a hare!" on page 19

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s loupin finces, racin like a hare. An syne... Ah open ma een an on page 18

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
n e ither paw, "lives a March Hare. Visit any wan ee lek: they'r on page 61
e direction in wheech e March Hare wis sade till live. "A've on page 62
in sicht o e hoose o e March Hare: she thoucht id mosst be e ri on page 63
e front o e hoose, an e March Hare an e Hatter wis hevan tea at on page 64
answer till id?" sade e March Hare. on page 65
Also on pages 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 107, 108, 120
31 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
locks could takk the form o a hare an that even noo they aa mich
its o flesh riven affo a deed hare bi a hungert craa. Then she h
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
quarry-hole, rivin it like a hare-lip, wis a roch roadie giein
a flat-fittit body, a dug, a hare, or a rabbit. Aa thon wad bri
bin, sliced an skewed like a hare's lip. They sclimmed in quaet
3 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ting & after gutting/skinning hare was advised to give it wash d(2018) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ights session at the bar & is hare othe dog! Or hivi misunde(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
ht, content on new pasture. A hare shoots oot o a peedie hollow;
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
da idder paa - "der a Mairch Hare bidin dere. Geng du alang ony on page 65
ageen, on for whaar da Mairch Hare wis meant ta bide. "A'm seen on page 66
shö cam im sicht o da Maireh Hare's hoose: shö tocht 1t most b on page 67
hoose, an dere sat da Mairch Hare an da Hat-makker, haein tae; on page 68
in da answer?" said da Mairch Hare. on page 69
Also on pages 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 112, 113, 114, 125
31 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
BURKE AND HARE on page 41

3 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
th ither paw, "lives a Mairch Hare. Visit either ee lik: they're on page 63
direction in which th Mairch Hare was said tae live. "Ah've see on page 64
sicht o th hoose o th Mairch Hare: she thocht eet must b th ric on page 65
ront o th hoose, an th Mairch Hare an th Hatter were havin tea a on page 66
bein invited," said th Mairch Hare. on page 67
Also on pages 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 110, 111, 112, 123
30 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
The hare on page 28
Rid burd an heather-broon hare, on page 38
A brither tae the hare an whap, on page 40

3 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
he ither paa, "Jeeves a March Hare. Visit whativer yin yae lik: on page 64
he direction o whur the March Hare wus supposed tae Jeeve. "A ha on page 65
ont o the hoose, an the March Hare an the Hatter wur haein a dra on page 67
ot baein axt," said the March Hare. on page 68
es weel say," addet the March Hare, "that 'A lik what A git' is on page 69
Also on pages 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 111, 113, 124
32 matches