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The word 'hooves'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hoovesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.6219
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 29.4 9 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 52.4 4 1
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 176.7 2 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of hooves in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
An hooves for feet on baith yer legs - on page 13
His hooves they clattered on thi grun, on page 17

4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
uttit roadie worn roch bi the hooves o kye an horse that ran atwee
muckle black Deil cockin his hooves in the moo o a cave sae near.
immerin snaa. Tibby sherpened hooves tho, held firm on the skyty i
innie, Daisy wi heich steppin hooves an a blaik star on her broo,
the steeny road wi his muckle hooves. The grieve maun hae harnesse
5 matches

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
An hark! the thunner o his hooves.
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
finally A heard the clip o’ hooves an’ muffled conversation, a
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
an flailed alang the grun as hooves threshed the air in their dai on page 37
t reared an lasheg vot wi its hooves. It's rider, wi nae reins tae on page 38
ater they heard the clatter o hooves, the jangle o bits, an the cl on page 52
ns.. ." There wis a clatter o hooves ootby as Billy's pownie skiti on page 76

4 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
her hooves dirlin ablow an eldritch mune on page 35

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
the reins o his powney as its hooves skitit on the wat causey stan
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
the broo an the hooves ma graith. on page 65

1 matches

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
or hooves that gallop this wey. on page 161

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Hooves ir fit fae roughest groond, on page 45
Wi hooves, an horns, an bearded chin on page 47

2 matches

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