A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

houlin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.9 0 0 0 0 0 97.4
Number of occurrences220 0 0 0 0 22
Number of authors9 9

Occurrences of houlin in Corpus

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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
me in then," directed Maisie, houlin Daniel's han an wunnerin what on page 2
She tailed aff an leukt away, houlin the handkerchief ticht tae hi on page 5
contents o the larder, still houlin Daniel's han. There wur onlie on page 10
k away frae the church, still houlin Daniel who was that licht he on page 24
wut in the yard an Alfie was houlin hir han an placin the bathtub on page 36
Also on pages 52, 58
8 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
But left me houlin mine. on page 42

1 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
fun oot that the fan shae wus houlin wus caasin this, so shae clod on page 20
kin it ivery noo an agane, an houlin it tae haes ear. on page 69

2 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
Noo tha men houlin Jesus wur mockin hïm, an gie on page 108

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
s fit fur naethin', she said, houlin yin fornenst his neb, "Cud ye on page 15
nie, an, as ye can see, she's houlin a skippin raip in hir hauns. on page 30

2 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
tural institutions cairry oan houlin an' passin' oan oor skeels an on page 23

1 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
s held oan, or is lippent oan houlin oan, a twalmond or mair?
s held oan, or is lippent oan houlin oan, a twalmond or mair?
2 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
s naebody near aboots. Ah was houlin Jenny’s han wi nae jellyfis
yed that Harry hadnae seen me houlin his wee sister’s hand.
mer evenins, like somebody is houlin a giant buttercup again the r
3 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
n leukked at tha roon Dan wus houlin. Tha mair it wus aboot a fut
1 matches

@OrangRuth tweeted
that thon Veedon Fleece he's houlin'? I'm glad him and Billy Blak(2019) search twitter

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