| heart | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occurences normalised per million words | 56.2 | 65.8 | 25.6 | 79.5 | 40.7 | 51.7 | 66.4 | |
| Number of occurrences | 180 | 128 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 15 | |
| Number of authors | 71 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
foul barbarity raised in his heart an sowl a deep burnin rage an on page 27
1 matches
Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
let it wrap itsel' roond yer heart lik' a furry worm. It's foo' on page
4 matches
Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
"Wendy died, pal. She had a heart attack this morning: on page 40
1 matches
Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
/Ma heart beats faster. Boom boom boom on page 1
9 matches
Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
I'm sorry that it hurts yer heart tae inflict so much pain, on page 48
Please ken ma heart still loves ye, though it may on page 89
ur A'm easily pleased, and ma heart's quite content jus tae beat. on page 93
6 matches
Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
yer heart broke like a stane. on page 106
1 matches
McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
oyle an it gets richt tae the heart o the maitter, an A maun sey on page 78
2 matches
McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
Mah heart's fuckin racing, man. This is on page 76
1 matches
Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
s mair lik a worried face. Ma heart wis pure pumpin, blood boomin on page 20
, an then she drew a wee love heart on her nail an wiggult it abo on page 24
iled at me an ah pure felt ma heart bumpin up intae ma throat. He on page 25
w Charlene's timetable aff by heart as well as ma ain so ah guess on page 29
now oor whole register aff by heart noo, it's lik learnin a song. on page 46
Also on pages 97, 101, 137, 151
9 matches
Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
chts and soonds lik these the heart still thrills, on page 16
Did yer great heart brek fir yer native land, on page 19
A warmer heart death ne'er made cold, We hav on page 45
It broke ma heart when they shut doun the Pit, on page 69
he tapsalteerie dirdum in yer heart. on page 114
Also on pages 133
6 matches
Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Ma heart sinks. Dante's gonnae rip ma on page 22
d read Dante's four stars. Ma heart sinks. on page 25
ough he near enough gied me a heart attack when he turned up rust on page 28
Ma heart sinks. on page 32
Granny's photie o the Sacred Heart is Poatin at the end o ma bed on page 38
Also on pages 45, 49
7 matches
Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
hrisses" that "fought for her heart and tormented her" struck a s on page 58
1 matches
Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ays efterwards they were that heart-sair they could hairdly lift on page 12
1 matches
Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
gae heart swell wi pride. The orange an on page xiv
Ma heart sinks, 'Another lassie?" on page xx
ay as well be as black as hur heart. Ah look at the clock. We are on page 1
free table. None o us huv the heart tae tell Maw we've heard hur on page 8
Ah gulped. The Sacred Heart wis Maw's prized possession, on page 9
Also on pages 11, 14, 25, 33, 36, 40, 54, 61, 64, 77, 81, 84, 91, 112
23 matches
Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
strict cooncil - putting the heart back into the city on page 32
1 matches
Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
ike these songs, they make my heart big and my eyes water" - whi on page 11
1 matches
Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Up, up my heart! And walk abroad, fling cark on page 69
1 matches
McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 58 - Gairm review, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
tin o John Donne's "Batter my heart, three-person'd God"?) on page 126
1 matches
Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
rtal ear an Wad shock a human heart to hear. Modren readers micht on page 137
1 matches
Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
my ankle, it's literal, if my heart gets broken it's metaphorical on page 37
1 matches
Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
tues o Our Lady an the Sacred Heart an the Infant o Prague. She e on page 44
1 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
Its heart gings boom-boom-boom
1 matches
Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
cid even dream of in the most heart-throbbingly adorable moments.
silly bastard. Yer slinky wee heart grows as thick n meaty as ma
2 matches
Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
s mair lik a worried face. Ma heart wis pure pumpin, blood boomin
1 matches
Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Did yer great heart brek fir yer native land?
1 matches
Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
studie o his maisterpiece, ‘Heart of Stone’, an o parteiklar
1 matches
McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
me but a still defied her, ma heart wis set oan bein like ma dah.
keep anything in ma heed, ma heart wis set oan fitbaw since day
Ali, who heiders the baw. Ma heart stops, am gutted. Then ah rea
3 matches
Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Yin in the Masons. Broke his heart when McDade announced his all
1 matches
Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
ng ye for a dance, and ma wee heart wis thumpin faster than yon d
1 matches
Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
imately translated as Beating Heart.’ he sais, dain his best ta
a fuckin laugh Archie. Beatin heart?’ ah sais, noddin tae the s
2 matches
Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
My heart’s beatin oot ma chest when
1 matches
Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
an aw durin the first wan. Ma heart broke fur his mammy and daddy
a says, near enough gien me a heart attack, “take your calciche
2 matches
Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ma heart skips a beat. Ah place the ba
Ma heart’s goin like the clappers. T
r and a cuff roond ma arm. Ma heart’s beatin oot ma chest. The
hing she tells me is that ma heart rate’s through the roof. Na
aw his days. He’d huv hud a heart attack if he’d lived tae se
6 matches
Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
my heid start tae tighten, my heart race.
1 matches
Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
owl, which ah’ve no hud the heart tae bin, pull open the tab, a
1 matches
Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
It wis like that. It gits ma heart racin’ e’en noo, forty od
1 matches
Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
it. It’s aw superficial. Ma heart an theirs nae longer in it. A
1 matches
McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
her heart, baith filled wi' pride an' f
1 matches
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
you have my best interests at heart - ”
be the fire, an Beatrice, her heart stoundin, slippit intae the d
And then I didn’t have the heart to disabuse him. And now I ke
hink you could win her virgin heart.”
4 matches
grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
wants tae take them home. Ma heart starts racin’. Is no like a
t up, but this time it has ma heart racing in ma chest. Ah dinnae
2 matches
Facebook link ( 2016) Central
an his brither Michael an the heart went oot o the rebels.
@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
@RocketGothic My heart feels it for ye ?? https://t.(2020) search twitter
@DavidJWood2 tweeted
auld women. I dinnae have the heart tae tell her. Im up tae 4 n(2020) search twitter
@SamsHusband Eat yir heart oot pal #FIFE ??(2020) search twitter
@jax6754 tweeted
is precious when its fae the heart tae....a surprise phone call,(2015) search twitter
risRamsey Awesome news! In ma heart o hearts wis hopin Musselburg(2015) search twitter
@billykayscot tweeted
Winnie Ewing by saying in his heart he was a Scottish nationalist(2020) search twitter
@weenell3 tweeted
@musicmeandtea You've a huge heart ?? and kindness oozes oot of (2022) twitter link
@MizLiot tweeted
Id put a stake through her heart and garlic roond her neck tae (2021) twitter link
@kennethbryce184 tweeted
t aways been a rangers man at heart n thats no gonna alter noo (2020) twitter link
@rycammy95 real heart for the jersey oot there 2 ni (2021) twitter link
Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
m; a cyaard, fae e ill in his heart gies neen bit ill. E wirds at on page 90
1 matches
Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
uld hear him sighan as if his heart wid break. She pitied him dee on page 90
iper years, e simple an lovan heart on page 120
2 matches
Johnston, Shaun The Forkie Gollach, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
and the smell wis gan roon a heart like a hairy worm. I could hi
1 matches
Mitchell, Kiera Fit why nae?, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
My heart belangs ti Banff...
1 matches
Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
Why should my heart feel lonely,
1 matches
Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ther hid teen affa ill wi his heart and hid left his job wi the r
1 matches
Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
d mither that died o a broken heart!” He looked doon an murmure
1 matches
Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
maybe aichteen or twenty. Her heart beatin like a haimmer, she as
and that broke his mither’s heart. Hugh wiz the aaler o the two
2 matches
Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
oon here wee loon, hiv ye nae heart the stories?” Paul _ replie
1 matches
Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
here were that fought for her heart and tormented her. You hated
deep and deep, crying in the heart of you and the smell of the e
2 matches
@beast_afc tweeted
en I wiz young. Dunc broke my heart an said h(2020) search twitter
@cligeey tweeted
1 @joewhimster @carhandle His heart wisna in it jist his Soul for(2020) search twitter
@fittiecrooners tweeted
se in Fittie & just aboot hid heart attack seeing this https://t.(2016) search twitter
Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And watch some aged heart-throbs in a B.B.C. repeat. on page 33
1 matches
Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
O metters o the heart on page 122
1 matches
Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
quick breaths, and I feel my heart thump and everything seems ta on page 85
I'll carry a secret in me heart on page 130
And Sam, hid near broke me heart. on page 131
3 matches
Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
er. Cut it open, and the pork heart nuggets inside are sweet choc
1 matches
De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
da soorest heart, an aathin is tirled on page 39
1 matches
Williamson, Christie Pre nuptial, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, poetry
he wore his heart,
1 matches
Williamson, Christie Guide, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
athoot a heart
1 matches
@helenmoncrieff tweeted
unlin and it breaks my peerie heart :((2013) search twitter
birder I can actually feel my heart ache just fae thinking aboot (2020) search twitter
positivity aboot votin. I'm a heart and head YES #indyref(2014) search twitter
Purves, David Lallans 59 - Five Poems frae the Chinese o Po Chu-I, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
a stound haed jagg’d ma heart.
1 matches
The Westender Loupin Salmon, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
der the tunnel, where the new Heart o' Hawick is now. So A though
1 matches
@StuartPoet tweeted
you empathise, enjoy and take heart - no long noo @HurchinHome @(2020) search twitter
Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
An hae nae heart. on page 28
1 matches
Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Ah'Il lee yae wae a broken heart. on page 32
Sets yir heart a flutter an brichens up yir on page 42
4 matches
Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Wi darkest heart boss ask oo thee, on page 17
Tis nat enough tae cheer tha heart, on page 19
Actin' showed bot niver heart on page 26
An leapin' heart banged In mae breast on page 46
6 matches
Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Wid laive yer heart tae grieve . on page 41
1 matches
Reynolds, Charlie Tha demise o oor ain tongue, (North Antrim Speak 2010) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
forrit am beginnin tae loast heart. Tha rayson for this bein tha
1 matches
Stewart, Kenny The Bread Van, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
e Robbie Steen a gentleman at heart
1 matches