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hills Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words74.3 87.7 30.4 149 93 87.5 30.9
Number of occurrences230165 19 15 16 8 7
Number of authors86 54 10 8 7 3 4

Occurrences of hills in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Black Cuddy, (Scottish Book Trust 2019) Central, prose
s a skimmerin brooch, and the hills aw aboot were a plaid, green on page 2

1 matches

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
upstairs windae, watchin the hills and the fields and the widds on page 7

1 matches

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
a warld: widds, burns, lochs, hills. Beasts and birds. Cities. Aw on page 17
awthin that he kent. Tae the hills, tae a city, tae on page 18

4 matches

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
these hills were seen on page 32

1 matches

Scott, Hamish Lallans 82 - Edinburgh, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
o craggie hills, biggins an rues on page 57

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ever seen. Like suhin oot The Hills Have Eyes. Probably hame tae on page 19
ah stay isnae exactly Beverly Hills but compared tae this place i on page 104

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
A thoosand hills aneath a birdless sky; on page 19
Dwynin awa, the hills o green, the watter reengin f on page 34
klins-comin tae the soothwart hills. on page 44

3 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
feet thit wad fletten mowdie-hills, Archie wis a guid heid abin on page 21

1 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Blacksiden an Cumnock hills, on page 13

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
lley spread oot. Wi the Ochil Hills ahint it. Stirlin oan yin sid on page 1

4 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
An like the hills ca'd oot tae ma beloved Grann on page 11

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
It's aw love - hills abuin, lang strands ablo on page 57
no auld as thon hills that lang syne bore them, on page 61
t o airmour, it's auld as the hills, on page 66

3 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
they lift up their een to the hills, from whence cometh their aid on page 26
m aa the wey tae the Pentland Hills whaur on Rullion Green, nine on page 27
nely glens an roun the back o hills, tae win the chosen howe or k on page 28
e o her, oot here in the wild hills? For he cuidnae lae her alane on page 29
im as a shepherd lad ower the hills in Auchencloich - afore he g on page 30
Also on pages 34, 40, 43, 45, 50, 51, 52, 58, 70, 73, 74, 81
21 matches

Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
o the hills abuin. on page 59

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Easter, this neuk between the hills Welcomed faces drawn on shell on page 64
on. Ye cuid juist mak oot the hills. The architecture an the land on page 73

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ed awa in the widds ahint the hills. Ah dinnae think ye'd ken it. on page 190
in awa in the woods ahint the hills. on page 221

2 matches

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Up here, ma mind opens wi the hills, on page 197

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
, bein owerlookit bi a puckle hills, an his a near-at-haun beach on page 32

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
It's thi hills on page 86

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
it a day an ran aff intae the hills, tho the history books tell i on page 20
rryit him awa tae the Seedlie Hills. Aince there, he said, he wis on page 31
he had been taen awa tae the hills since he wis a bairn an his f on page 83

3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e her name, is as.auld as the hills an she's worked at Renfra Gra on page 33
, ah said, Is that no aw jist hills an farms an stuff. Use yir br on page 132

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ormilligan, midst his bower o hills. on page 15
Taeward the hills, whaur the land meets the sky on page 16
cauld fireless infancy in the hills, on page 17
Valiant Cormilligan midst his hills, on page 19
o studious thocht amangst the hills, on page 21
Also on pages 22, 40, 78, 102, 128
15 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
d atween the upraised knees o hills or held in a laverock's glanc on page ix
guid rid earth that built yer hills whan aw the warld on page 13
O fame reportit tae the hills as weel. on page 33
Frae Jovian hills o cumulous glens. on page 128
mervelously safe on hooseless hills on page 129
Also on pages 133
7 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
s in Blackpool, ah missed the hills whenever ah wis doon South. on page 22

1 matches

Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
stridin the hills, a wan-man band, on page 22

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
the bottom o green and yella hills. Fae there, the ferry would l on page xii
rriage singin aboot the black hills o Dakota. on page xiv
kin up at the green and yella hills. Donald sits me doon. on page xv
windae at the broon and green hills. Ah tear up. Lizzie's the ain on page 52
ooked art the green and yella hills o hame. Lizzie comforted me b on page 59
Also on pages 81, 92
7 matches

Cameron, Peter Lallans 58 - The Cornfields o Lowdie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ter was, frae the heich o the hills. It wad jeel the bluid in you on page 47

1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
cried itsel tae be oan sieven hills, thou tae be honest it wis bi on page 9

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
nt gyte and came doon fae the hills and blootered the villages o on page 18

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
an oor dreich hills on page 38

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ch Tay, heidin ower the Ochil Hills an ither airts forby. Ootdoor on page 65

10 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Seek silent hills, or rest thyself where peacef on page 69

1 matches

Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
the wuids an burns an hills apairt. on page 52

1 matches

Sangster, Maureen Lallans 73 - Stars, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
rvin, liftan heids up tae the hills on page 56

1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 73 - Guest, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
traivelled faur throu broken hills, on page 61

1 matches

McCallum, Andrew Lallans 73 - Ecce Homo, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
lds gaithert in sheuchs o the hills on page 71

2 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Monument, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
he rankit backs o the Borders hills on page 100

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
Among the vales and hills, on page 122

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
ottar hous, an stravaigin the hills thegither. on page 141

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
n the twa the'r a landscape o hills an straths an islands wi a se
1 matches

Thom, Williamina Lallans 75 - Oor Tibby Pagan, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, weans
ear the ewes bleatin roon the hills whaur yince she wid hae herdi
1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
The rain-washed hills held up their heids an winkit
nuclear waste in the Gallowa hills
Saw hou he cam intil the hills
3 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
ormilligan, midst his bower o hills.
ormilligan, midst his bower o hills,
Taewards the hills, whaur the land meets the sky
cauld fireless infancy in the hills.
Valiant Cormilligan midst his hills,
10 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
met for sermon on Gargunnock Hills, and that when the sun was sh
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
s staunin in disrepair in the hills—memorials tae folk lost in
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
An the hills aw blue wi haze,
when snaw wis on the hills,
It's no ane o thae fearsome hills
The muckle hills the back o Crieff,
There's the sea an the hills -
6 matches

Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
he sheep were bleatin, an the hills leukt nane the poorer.
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
commemoratit in the Pentland Hills, sooth o Embra, an the Pentla
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
and juist ablo the Lammermuir Hills. Oor uncle haed tae lift her
1 matches

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
onder, shooting grouse on the hills, buying up fantoosh hooses in
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
he Bible. It's in wild dreich hills an muirs that's weel seen tae
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ling breeze frae the Northern hills telt him that the rains were
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
then bugger off back tae oor hills an’ oot o’ his wy’! Dr
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
disdain, “Yer oot in the hills, the sun’s shinin’, can y
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Ablow yon, shapely, Eldon Hills.
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
oot in the song eh? ‘Those hills are bare now, and autumn leav
1 matches

Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
m that spend mair time in the hills ar richt weel educatit on the
e, containin siccan weel-kent hills as Suilven an Canisp. Syne bu
aths aroond its maist popular hills, the Paps o Jura, ar nocht bu
3 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
mou o a cave. They ken these hills, Beatrice realised. They didn
ee some o Wulf’s ceeties on hills wi his ain een. An he wad yet
escapit fae briganders in the hills up thonder, an Ah’ve
ll be able tae flit tae the hills,” she sayed, “whaur it’
- it’s got her up into the hills and kept her busy, but that d
6 matches

Eunson, Catherine This Winter, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
Nae sicht o siller on the hills the day,
1 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
is kent fyr wondrin aboot the hills an glens in the Ochils. She h
wis fond aw a stoat aboot the hills whur she stoaped. She kent aw
he wis too hoat. She kent the hills well and she kent whur she cu
3 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
nters taen tae the fields and hills in droves tae listen tae thur

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
hou fowk stravaigin the same hills in the past reacted tae it. T
1 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
Hills, an stoap aff an fish wheneve
ees finger. Doon ablow us the hills swept away
away intae the hills. Ah goes:
3 matches

@RickHJohnston tweeted
I'm takin' tae the hills! HELP! https://t.co/fQS6sWdX5 (2022) twitter link

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ye that "aye 'eres sna on the hills oot at Huntly ((2020) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
e?' His words echoed roon the hills lik rollin thunner. Syne, lik on page 46

1 matches

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
views ower the fields tae the hills ayont. His faither had telt h on page 84

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Ower the Grampian hills far gales aften howl on page 15

3 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
rberated amang the surroondin hills, an for Airchie Reid the fech on page 8

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
Efter he cam doon oot o e hills, he wis follaed bi a muckle c on page 16
e gaed oot ae day up intill e hills tae pray, an there he bade aa on page 89
day, fan they cam doon fae e hills they were met bi a muckle cro on page 96
att's in Judea maun tak tae e hills; them att's i the toon maun c on page 115
'Faa doon on hiz,' an till e hills, "hap hiz'. Gin sic things ar on page 119

5 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
fjords, an ahin ye, ye'll see hills an mountains. Ance ye've been on page 16

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
fter sheet o't lichtin up the hills. Man, it wis as bricht as day on page 51

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
the scenery, sna still on the hills up be Loch Laggan, Spean
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
hree o them war as auld's the hills o Birse. Baith o the aunts wo
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
ere wis lots o landscapes and hills, and then this ancient buildi
1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
upp an ex that wad cleave the hills?
1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
the peewits crying across the hills, deep and deep, crying in the
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
the watter and you'll see the hills o Hoy. on page 37
k, hand in hand, in the misty hills. on page 38
The hills are dark and lofty, the islan on page 48
aegither they hid tramped the hills, companions tae the end on page 50

5 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Lupins, corbies, the hills o Hoy - on page 26

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
trampan hills, hand tae grip fur the climb on page 119

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Sunrays abune the Hoy hills on page 18

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
the Hoy hills so near I could almost reach on page 26
the power o the sea, the hills o Hoy darkening on page 27

2 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Coveran fields an hills roond aboot on page 115

2 matches

Miller, Alison The Point o Tinsal, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Orkney, poetry
the fields an hills, the lochs, glims i the land,
1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
s Geese wae bare feet" in the hills around me. It adds so much co (2020) twitter link
re here. I can see id fae the hills abune wur hoose! The Bens, Gl (2021) twitter link

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
da muckle hills ir dine as weel. on page 39
an tho I cood shift muckle hills, on page 165

2 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ed whin shü wis lyin troo da hills wi Jeems Bruce, lack some hoo on page 34

1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
An he næmt da hills an loghs, on page 27

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
afety only i da wildness o da hills. on page 36

2 matches

Williamson, Christie Da windirs o technology, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Shetland - Yell, poetry
o da hills atween
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Announcin Truncherfaece twins, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
n lambs spring aboot trowe da hills wir been celebratin da arriva
1 matches

Walterson, Vaila Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Da nicht afore da Trowie Show, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Peterina wis oot in da hills lookin fir wild flooers fir d
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: A Hamefarin hero, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
wer Shetlan in caves an on da hills. Wir even heard o a boy wha
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Sky high fuel prices maks trows lie low, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
t for him tae waander ower da hills, he doesna hae spaegie laek w
1 matches

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
airns for a lang henk ower da hills. Muttontief, Snurtysleeves, U
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
aa an end tae wir paece on da hills. Da risin price o fuel sent h
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
s deein oot. Dey bide on da hills atween Eid an Clousta. When I
en Clousta an Eid wis ower da hills past da knowe o Görwill. For
startit da lang henk ower da hills. Görwill seemed a lang wye a
3 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
o alleys, avenues, crescents, hills, lanes an parks. In St Andrew
1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
The hills growe dim as the sun gaes dou
1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
mebbies threi myle owre the hills i onie airt, an hei wuid find
the hills tae thair hames. Is ae maitte
ot o sicht, in ae slack i the hills, naur haund tae the praisent
yin o the hills. (Bent is ae species o girs/g
shkirk, an mebbies the Eildon Hills
5 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
. Syne it wis fire – aa the hills went up in a lowe. Weeks, it
1 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
A wee at thon far ither hills, on page 1
For these blue hills: half Orra's sweeled on page 38

4 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
ce, at baith ens o tha Hamely Hills. on page 33

1 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Hills an valleys sae green on page 28

1 matches

Hume, David Aince the corncrake caa’ed, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ballycarry, poetry
A bonnie caa fornenst the hills
1 matches

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