horns | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 13.2 | 12.1 | 22.4 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 13.3 | |
Number of occurrences | 43 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
Number of authors | 24 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
sheep. Yon is a tuip. It has horns.' on page 14
..his lugs look a bittle like horns...an they are ower lang.' on page 81
2 matches
Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
is an eagle helm wi wings lik horns. He hid a reid shield wi a li on page 14
2 matches
Purves, Jamie Lallans 102 - Aince, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
cratur in the wuids. His lang horns swypit aw afore him, whul the on page 12
1 matches
McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
yon crabbie a black figure wi horns an a tail wis seen tae flee o on page 94
1 matches
Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
at Wully as if he'd jist grew horns. Ah half expectet him tae tur on page 127
1 matches
Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
n H, because it maks ye growe horns on the tap o yer heid, like a on page 155
1 matches
Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
O PLOOKS, COO BILES, BAUCHLED HORNS, BUHLS WI FOOSTIE BRAITH, LUG on page 29
1 matches
Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
He scartit his horns and scratched at his tail, on page 123
1 matches
Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
lie legs heezed up like three horns; she took a besom in her rich
1 matches
Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
oot car windies, blarin thir horns and chantin et the bus. A wun
1 matches
Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
- some ay them blastin their horns - an shakes his heid. ‘Rig
1 matches
Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
bulls’ heids, cleekin their horns an lowpin ontae their backs a
body o a man, but the heid an horns o a muckle bleck bull.
boot the monstrous size o his horns, an his muckle appetite; hoo
dooked unner the Minotaur’s horns an stickit his dirk intae the
4 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
hae ony inclination tae lock horns wi thae men o bluid.
1 matches
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e shaw him. She made bull’s horns at her foreheid wi a finger o
oblet his clappin an she made horns again, an cherged! Richt at h
in. She sut doon again, makin horns at thaim aa.
3 matches
astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
sayed Auld Donald, rubbin his horns.
1 matches
@raiphsays tweeted
Nevar too erly tae werr devil horns! :D(2020) search twitter
Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Haul aff its horns, loon," said Morrice, "dicht on page 45
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ht on unicorms wi their magic horns that steppit throw men's drea
1 matches
McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
The muckle horns war hard as iron, an whan tha
he Billy-gait wi muckle roond horns, gien a snifter tae
2 matches
Harvey, Lewis Crash, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
eching o brakes and peeping o horns and worst o a the greetin and
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ple an scaley. He’s got twa horns an a hantle o
ur-plated bogle wi deevils” horns on its dowp an a tail that ga
tae Weirdich Wid. Deirdre’s horns war taiglit wi pairty streame
scrattin o Deirdre’s horns alang her branches.
starnies. He washed ahin his horns an dichtit his yalla heid til
8 matches
@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
w div I tak ma steak? Tak yer horns awa, wipe yer Erse n' serve Y(2015) search twitter
@the_gellick tweeted
under the fairies an blaw the horns o a buck goat! (2014) twitter link