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Use in varieties of Scots

hay Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words23.6 16 19.2 39.7 98.8 10.9 39.8
Number of occurrences7330 12 4 17 1 9
Number of authors32 14 9 3 3 1 2

Occurrences of hay in Corpus

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Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Snoozin in a manger amang the hay on page 9

2 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Sweet souch o new mown hay. on page 14

1 matches

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
a cauld an in the simmer yon 'hay fever'. If an it gets awfa un on page 80

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
, Wheat and baurley, aits and hay, Clover, beans, and neeps and on page 6

6 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
d raw; she claimed it wis her hay fever that wis bothern her bu on page 169

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Hay tae cut, sheep tae mark, aa t on page 16
saw the chance, Tae mak some hay, on page 31

2 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
an likely the hay. on page 20

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
"Stout Captain Hay, the skipper baal, on page 50

4 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
0s Muir, MacLean and Campbell Hay; the 50s MacDiarmid, MacCaig on page 95

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
hheid soud gang wi itsel. The Hay Making is biggit aroun the cr on page 141

1 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
when the muir-men mak thir hay
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
ative, ane o the best bein P. Hay Hunter's novel "James Inwick"
appit twa novels in Scots (P. Hay Hunter's "James Inwick" an Ca
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
kye rowting on the loan, the hay lying in the swathe, the kirn
1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
owersettins o George Campbell Hay that I gat acquent wi thon ga
kle thenk tae George Campbell Hay for inleitin him tae readers
2 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
ed in a 2012 thesis wi Grizel Hay o Yester, whase faimily wis c
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
strangly identifiet wi Grizel Hay o Yester (born efter 1560); d
fter 1560); dochter o William Hay, Fifth Lord Hay o Yester, wha
, Fifth Lord Hay o Yester, whase faimily wis c
3 matches

Doric

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
So ae nicht Dod pits a bittie hay in my richt buit and a bittie on page 124

4 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
thin but an impression in the hay tae tell o his bein there. on page 118

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
she said, “It’s nae Doddy Hay fae Lemon Street, is’t?”
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Wither noo dis gang hay wire.
1 matches

Bundy Broch The Doric Min, (YouTube 2020) Doric - Brouch, poetry
Because we hay a heap o rare loons n affa bo
1 matches

Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
wa wi ma pal we could bide in hay barns and ate hens and fish f
1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
v tae hate. Nay gid when they hay a load o oor auld players. Ni(2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
@TacketyBeets Ken nae even hay wither inoo(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ithoot him caining. Canna nae hay fitba in ma bar! Bert nae hap(2016) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Wir hay's still lyan in the field - on page 20

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
ar. There’s the glory o cut hay, turning like a green wake in
ror o the tractor. Silage and hay bales are the bounty of summe
2 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
never been 100% clear on how hay crop was managed for keep in (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
n, an colin up again till dat hay wis perfectly dry, bit still on page 8
got a peerie caravan doon at Hay's dock, whaar he wrocht, bit on page 20

2 matches

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
Hay coles
lk wir aye on an amp until da hay wis in. So, when da day dawne
so an Mam wis da keeper o da Hay Rules.
-crossed roogs o creamy green hay gently curin. Each peerie par
d inta peerie roonded heaps o hay, with a tapered top an a net
13 matches

Williamson, Christie Shaetlan an compoonds a da richt, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2014) Shetland, blog
aa da sam – it’s at wi aa hay different cairds ta takk tae
1 matches

Williamson, Christie Slainte Bard, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2014) Shetland, poetry
da crust an hay onythin
1 matches

Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
whaur the hay is spread. on page 163

1 matches

Ulster

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
Noo A hay tay confess I never met Hasht on page 44

1 matches

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
utters tha day! Gye hanny tae hay a grand nighber an a wheeld d (2021) twitter link
@SgothanGeal YASS!!!! Ave jus hay ma tea, gae me a minit, a git (2021) twitter link
yurs here an aww????????! Ah hay to pick up finger roals forby (2021) twitter link
dywildycat54 @Roadwarrior29 I hay to fin a wee pixtur o ma step(2021) search twitter
ycat54 @Roadwarrior29 Ah wull hay ah wee hoke Raiph, dig it oot(2021) search twitter
and 3 other occurrences.

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