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Use in varieties of Scots

hood Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.5 14.4 9 9.9 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences3728 6 1 0 1 1
Number of authors20 11 6 1 1 1

Occurrences of hood in Corpus

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Central

Scott, Colin nobody remembers the birdman - Empty Nest, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
the wey the mesh-kivert hood on page 171

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
alkin by an eld boozer wae ma hood up. It's yir typical Scottish on page 38
ma pals ir rollin a joint. Ma hood is up n headphones in playin on page 44

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Wee Reid Ridin Hood and the Wolf on page 36
said Wee Reid Ridin Hood. on page 38
Miss Ridin Hood looked awfie guid. on page 40
The nummer o Reid Ridin Hood. on page 44
cried, 'I need yer help, Miss Hood. on page 46
Also on pages 47
12 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ost at a murmur "It wis Mikey Hood" on page 179

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
at the wolf in the sheepwhite hood on page 178
nd Gretel and whaur Rid Ridin Hood's grannie stayed and it wig t on page 180

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
othwell, disguised in a heavy hood, wi Douglas an a groom, an on page 35

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Jordan's New Jaiket, (Education Scotland 2014) Central, weans
It had a hood he could pit up and his lugs
1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
e napp coat wi the rid tartan hood,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
requested that they take the hood aff cos ah thought ah wis gon
times or so afore fuckin the hood back oer ma heid, drivin back
2 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ka jaycket zipt tae his neck. Hood up.
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
tingham ~ Il stick with Robin Hood and Little John here.”
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
that hidin he goat fae Mikey Hood and his heavies. But he’s c
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@g_hibby tweeted
tside in, wear a jaiket wi' a hood.. I'm away for ma coffee & jo (2022) twitter link

Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
totterin roon the corner, his hood up, his shooders sloppit, his on page 45

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
e a bit o horseplay, wi Robin Hood fechtin the Sherriff o Nottin
1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Puppet Mannie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, poetry
moo’d tae the tales o Robin Hood
1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
is, amongst other things, the hood fae a 1921 Bentley, several p
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
that landed on the tap o the hood o yer babyseat... It bid ere,
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@cligeey tweeted
@AllyMacabre Hoodie in da hood(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
s who are joost tightnan thur hood toggles and tryan tae stey ca on page 86

1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
seiin at the canvas hood o the car wis doon it the tym
1 matches

Ulster

BardOfMilebush To A Merican Food, (Reddit 2017) Ulster, poetry
ever say 'Bout livin' in the 'hood The worst thing about Englewo
1 matches

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