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Use in varieties of Scots

hoolet Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words42.3 64.9 4.8 0 0 32.8 13.3
Number of occurrences131122 3 0 0 3 3
Number of authors12 9 1 1 1

Occurrences of hoolet in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
be bats fleein aboot, mibbe a hoolet whaur the bell yince wis, lui on page 16

2 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
le as we'd hoped, but luckily Hoolet kept the heid and telt us tha on page vii
topher Robin has a hoose, and Hoolet and Kanga and Rabbit hae hoos on page 7
nd syne wark yer wey ower tae Hoolet's Hoose, and keep an ee oot f on page 36
tae himsel: 'I'm fleein. Whit Hoolet does. I wunner hoo ye stap - on page 38
nly minded that he hadna seen Hoolet since the day afore yesterday on page 50
Also on pages 51, 53, 56, 61, 68, 69, 72, 73, 74, 75, 86, 104, 122, 123, 124, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 142, 144, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 154
105 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
oof, galluses, grosset, hems, hoolet, lum, neb; verbs like chap, r
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Review: O is for Hoolet, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
Ishbel McFarlane’s O is for Hoolet, ane-wumman play aboot Scots.
y i the years aheid. O is for Hoolet haes aready haed a run at the
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press.com/2014/10/10/o-is-for-hoolet-scratch-arches-live-oct-2014/
4 matches

@ionafyfe tweeted
eek at @IshbelMcF’s O is for Hoolet. Wish I cuid a seen it live! (2020) search twitter

@IshbelMcF tweeted
ivver performances o O is for Hoolet. An whaur A met @ErvineLinda,(2019) search twitter

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
ednesday 11th in Kinross. The Hoolet's comin hame! @ishbelMcF(2016) search twitter
whaup gowdspink speug lintie hoolet blackie doo. .....aa burds(2016) search twitter
Hoo-let hoolet oot? https://t.co/xOMWAG38Bf(2016) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
iesaurus That wid be the same hoolet that met the Gruffalo A hope (2022) twitter link

@fairpechtoot tweeted
endin oan where ye're fae. A 'hoolet' is a loose wummin in West Lo(2018) search twitter
y tae @IshbelMcF for O is for Hoolet the night! https://t.co/ldj7x(2016) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
t o West Lothian, they yaise 'hoolet' as a colloquialism tae mean (2020) twitter link
e alternative use o the wird 'hoolet'??? (2020) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
snoot that gart her luik like hoolet. Her hair wis pairtit in the
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
craw in the auld aik tree the hoolet bedd in, bit she wadna agree
is dowp on the dyke aneth the hoolet’s tree an roared oot “CRA
2 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
How th Hoolet an th Panther were sharin a p on page 104

3 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
t whan dailygaun faas, an tha hoolet caas, on page 9
But only tha hoolet cried oot that nicht on page 10
Tha hoolet's screich ootby, on page 21

3 matches

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