Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'hedge'

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Use in varieties of Scots

hedge	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	12.7	42	26
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	70.3	2	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	9.8	3	2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	21	2	1
DOR - General Northern	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	17.1	7	2
WCE - West Central	13.3	3	1
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	25.6	5	3
AYR - Ayrshire	32	3	2
LAL - General Central	7.9	6	6
SEA - South East (Borders)	25	2	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)	62.8	2	1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)	65.6	1	1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)	153.7	3	2
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of hedge in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Under the hedge, I caaled thim ower. on page 72

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
on a beeg rabbit-holl under e hedge. on page 8
voice alone-"Catch him, by e hedge!" then silence, an then anith on page 36

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Argo cam oot fae aneth the hedge an leent up against ma leg. H on page 63
e wisna there ony mair an the hedge wis clean oot o han, the plac on page 86

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
cairt wis cowped in a gairden hedge , an Minnie lay quate on her s
1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
e park jist ayont the grossit hedge in e gairden, she wad cry oot on page 55

2 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
hedge gruwin there. Atween, the bar
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ff. I stick the Buckie in the hedge. Right wey up, like. Need ma on page 1

5 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
lang efter, A'm sittin ablo a hedge , reekin awa at the ceegarette
anted tae rin for some bieldy hedge but somewey A couldna lift ma
2 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
st they came tae a slap inthe hedge on the lefthaund side o the r on page 175
green yett hauf-dernt in the hedge on the richt, and near hidden on page 177

3 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
t stuff an wuid hae made braw hedge fund managers gin sic baists on page 108

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ig rabbit-hole unnerneath the hedge. on page 8
sel"Catch him, you aer bi the hedge!" then silence, an then anoth on page 39

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
ger stay couried doon ahint a hedge on page 37

1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
aufwits like to fling oer the hedge whenever the notion takes the
lies is ever diminishin, the hedge reaching oot through the air
2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
muckle rabbit hole ablow the hedge. on page 8
lane-"Catch him, you by the ' hedge!" then quateness, then anithe on page 37

2 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
e back gairden, jist ower the hedge fae ma ain back green? | chap on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
e ahint them, and through the hedge breenged 'Teeger himsel. on page 96

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
thru the hedge atween on page 46

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
rnished wi herbs fae field an hedge, on page 62

1 matches

Fenton, Janet A Guid New Year tae yin and a!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
ot their ain power. The Irish hedge schools kept the leid alive t
1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
he’d been draiged through a hedge backarts. He wis weirin a lan
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
ike thu've bin dragged thru a hedge backwards, but his 'do is sti(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
a muckle rabbit-hole under th hedge. on page 8
lane - "Catch him, yow b' th hedge!" then silence, an then anith on page 37

2 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
n a big rabbit hole unner the hedge. on page 8
ts ain-"Grab 'im, yae bae the hedge!" thin silence, an thin anith on page 39

2 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Bae the mairch thoarn hedge, on page 23

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Like whan oul Rabin-rin-tha-hedge on page 16

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
rmer' airse thu a slap in tha hedge!" on page 24

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
n the folk like Rabin-rin-the-hedge . It was aften in my lugs as a
1 matches