A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

hessian Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.2 1.5 0 0 0 0 3.9
Number of occurrences43 0 0 0 0 1
Number of authors3 2 1

Occurrences of hessian in Corpus

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Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
remede wis tae pit thaim in a hessian-sec alang wi a hivvie stane, on page 82
"Oo'll yaise a auld hessian-seck. You tak the bottom lugs on page 83

2 matches

Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - Mither, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Dryin her hands on the coarse hessian sack at her waist, on page 58

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
d the threeds o hemp frae the hessian secks floatin intae a speckle on page 31

1 matches

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