A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

hymn Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.3 5.9 7.4 0 11.6 0 9.7
Number of occurrences2112 5 0 2 0 2
Number of authors18 11 4 1 2

Occurrences of hymn in Corpus

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Central

Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
and sang her hymn o praise on page 129

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Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
n we startit singin the first hymn she jined in like a wee howle on page 102

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Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
sich perfection. They sang a hymn I hadna heard afore, one whic on page 3

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
A douce-like hymn for deid-sang on page 6

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
An Ingaun Hymn on page 97

2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 73 - Wrack, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
ecesses, chauntan th'auncient hymn on page 77

1 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Kenspeckle Man, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Duncan wha helpt his peers I hymn
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Calder, Bob Lallans 70 - St Anndra’s Day, 2008, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
ant copywriter didnae ken the hymn.
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ae the 13t century, the’r a hymn in the Laitin tae celebrate P
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
gled he’s taen this frae a Hymn,
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Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
re the Mercat Cross an sang a hymn afore Renwick read oot a decl

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
ood. A blackie wis singin her hymn o praise to the Almichty for on page 53

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ne an the fooshtie guff o aul hymn beuks. He closed is een an my on page 74
o folk did their best it the hymn singin, strugglin throwe The on page 76

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
There wis a reeshle o hymn buiks, the whiff o peppermint
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@Franwella tweeted
eed ‘em singin’ fae th same hymn sheet! #biggernpolitics(2020) search twitter

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
rse cackle is bön a hameward hymn on page 19

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Da fur hats, da ivver-ready hymn-books, on page 115

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Ulster

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
graveside returns their ainst hymn mate bak hame tae tha sky. Gr on page 26

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Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
organ an stairtit tae sing a hymn. A lukk’t at Wull an whuspe
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