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The word 'hairth'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hairthOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72912
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 153.7 3 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 229.8 7 2
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of hairth in Corpus

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Orkney

Hollinrake, Fran Flett Assipattle and the Mester Stoorworm, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
Aa day he sits afore the hairth, ass gets in his hair and cla
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Steenhillock. The lowe in the hairth o yon place hid bin her faith
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
wis cauld, ae wee lowe in the hairth like tae hoast its laist bare
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Drumneachie Ferm, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Doric, poetry
the parks an the byre tae the hairth. Ma aunt ay referred tae her
1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
ere it wes, straikit ower the hairth-rug, aa fankles an snorls, wi on page 10
e likes o bowsters, blunkets, hairth-rugs, brodclaiths, dishclouts on page 60

2 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
uist lauched As he sat bi the hairth: on page 23

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ontil the hairth. The barr wes aye tuim afoir
1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
wid steer the hairth's sighan ash an lowse on page 112

1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ir wis broth bubblin ower the hairth, an ither brews, whiles Bridi on page 14

8 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
tae wark yer wey intae hoose, hairth an hairt, on page 67

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
annae bate a guid lowe in the hairth tae burn awa thochts o viruse(2020)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
fornenst tha ither side o tha hairth, an turfed a wheen wee sticks on page 17
ha fairmin fowk o Ulstér lea hairth an hame ahint. on page 20

3 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ap poaket, knelt doon bae the hairth an played "The Sea Shanty.' D on page 7
dairk. She knelt doon at the hairth an swept away the ashes frae on page 10
t Daniel liks tae sit bae the hairth," said Maisie, fur that was a on page 22
hir husband's shouler tae the hairth as a flame o the present stok on page 52
, he fell fast asleep bae the hairth while his ma sut gabbin. Lily on page 59

5 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Ma hamely hairth wi rid breek lum on page 4
Hiein frae his hairth an hame on page 6

2 matches

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