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Use in varieties of Scots

heelster Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 2.5 3 0 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences95 2 0 0 1 1
Number of authors8 4 2 1 1

Occurrences of heelster in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
nd o crowdie, his crucifixion heelster-gowdle, on page 77

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
heelster-gowdie piles on tap o the cop on page 125

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Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
isk, he was tummelin faurrit, heelster gowdie, doun ablaw the swaws on page 17

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - review, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
fleerin in a leid at breenges heelster-gowdie frae Castlemulk tae Ki on page 109

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Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
, they were tae turn his life heelster-gowdie. on page 76

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
here e hale herd o pigs teuk heelster gowdie doon e brae an intae e on page 17

1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
're right about the meanings! Heelster-gowdie great too, arse over t(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@Angelinekking tweeted
@StuartPoet Heelster-gowdie! Will have to ask my d(2020) search twitter