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Use in varieties of Scots

heeds Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.9 7.6 10.5 49.7 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences2915 7 5 0 1 1
Number of authors17 7 4 4 1 1

Occurrences of heeds in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
s wae our hoods up n keep our heeds doon. The troops huv assemble on page 48
e be careful, boays. Keep yir heeds doon fur a while. on page 57

2 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
the way home while he bit the heeds aff of them. on page 36
us up and he'd ruffle all our heeds, one by one. But when a went on page 39

2 matches

McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
He always picked oor heeds up high if we felt low or wer
Then we aw marched oot wi oor heeds up high.The rivals, England,
s n determined tae kick their heeds in.
n up so ah shoued "Cmon lads, heeds up, keep goin" Suddenly… Ha
4 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
ine floatin er the ‘mens’ heeds, it wiz worse than lassies at
1 matches

Letford, William This Is It, (Scottish Poetry Library 2016) Central - Stirling, poetry
They turn thur heeds an tilt thur ears
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
omes roon” screamin in their heeds! Better than that, 2 points o(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ted with the club - keep the heeds up guys n what an effort fae (2020) twitter link
for future games - keep the heeds up tae awe the guys! (2021) twitter link
side - unlucky but keep the heeds up - crackin set oh lads btw (2021) twitter link
er - really - awa n bile ur heeds ya numpties lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
An pulled oot thi heeds o mony men! on page 11

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
yin, “ Dinna worry ower the heeds o that dog min! It wiz a rich
ty wid ye look at that!” Aa heeds turned, their argument forgot
2 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
cheers muckly fir the cheeky heeds up oan at #PornHub page fur..(2015) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
rly oors o the morning fan ma heeds spinning fae last night!(2017) search twitter
rating Rabbie Burns nicht! Ma heeds like huggis, needs n tatties (2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
They laugh their heeds aff at the jokes - somebody on page 81

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
half her neeps and the heeds off her prize dahlias. Bit wa on page 129

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Slowly shakan thur lowurd heeds on page 67
Tae turn heeds on page 97

2 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
There they go, heeds taegither, on page 127

1 matches

Southern

@jamie_ginger tweeted
picter frae a egg? A ken yir heeds like yin #getitchanged #bestp(2012) search twitter

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
t hears these wurds o mine an heeds thaim ïs laik a wise man tha on page 8

1 matches

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