hens | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
---|---|---|---|
Total Corpus | 28.9 | 94 | 45 |
ORK - Orkney | 129.2 | 13 | 8 |
SHD - Shetland | 34.9 | 6 | 4 |
TON - Tonge | |||
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | |||
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
MNA - Mid Northern A | 36 | 11 | 4 |
MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
SNO - South Northern | |||
ABN - Aberdeen | 54.7 | 5 | 2 |
DOR - General Northern | 62.1 | 14 | 7 |
NEC - North East Central | |||
SEC - (South) East Central | 20.3 | 8 | 4 |
WCE - West Central | |||
DUN - Dundee | |||
EDN - Edinburgh | 68.9 | 11 | 3 |
GLA - Glasgow | 13.7 | 3 | 1 |
AYR - Ayrshire | 13.1 | 1 | 1 |
LAL - General Central | 18.6 | 14 | 6 |
SEA - South East (Borders) | 12.5 | 1 | 1 |
SWE - South West (Galloway) | 27.8 | 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) | 204.9 | 4 | 3 |
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) | |||
GUL - General Ulster | 14.1 | 1 | 1 |
SYN - Synthetic (no region) |
Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
I'm been to feed the hens, collect the aiggs, on page 42
1 matches
Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Feed the hens, tak in the paets and lay and on page 25
And when I geung tae feed the hens, he trots alang wi me. on page 50
2 matches
Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
hens scratch aboot the feet on page 10
1 matches
Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Soft cluckeens is the hens settle fur the night on page 34
1 matches
Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
s in Orkney that's as rare as hens' teeth. The haet wis makan th on page 14
1 matches
Hume, Caroline Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Tak twa cleckin hens on page 126
1 matches
@peediepuss tweeted
turn me neb up at twa scraggy hens' feet ither'! (2020) twitter link
Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
an dir calves, an a screed a hens aboot da doors. on page 62
a jobs aboot da croft, maetin hens, an milkin kye, dan eftir dir on page 77
2 matches
De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
orse wadder, noosted lambs or hens. on page 48
Wir hens is laid lik horro. Dey'll be on page 70
2 matches
Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
n! Shö’ll never ken! An da hens an da dukes’ll no be lang c
1 matches
Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the barn; sheep, nowt, pigs, hens, deuks, turkeys; an aa kines on page 94
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
nements fa lived like battery hens, an the toffs an nibbery in t
t dennertime, the fowk cudna. Hens an dyeuks still hid tae be fe
cowpit the last o the clockin hens aff its nest an dichtit the s
n Maisie plunkit the basket o hens'eggs doon on the kitchie tabl
e'd hae bin oot gaitherin the hens' eggs, or chasin the cock roo
5 matches
Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
gins, mair suited tae battery hens nur fowk, sae caad the Hen-Ho
1 matches
Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
ne, hine awa, then bonny blae hens, Cairn Gorms cryin oot ti me.
1 matches
Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 90 - The Trump, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, poetry
The soon o ma keckle, lik hens at their claik, on page 34
1 matches
Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
ften uise tae revive nae-weel hens), an drink watter throu a syr
1 matches
Strachan, Shane Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Tod’s Thoucht , (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
hens or cocks. on page 79
1 matches
Strachan, Shane Northwords Now 43 - Shane Strachan, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Doric, poetry
hens or cocks. on page 19
1 matches
Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
fermer oats tae feed his hens, sometimes oats were bruised
1 matches
McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
pit tail fedders tae tice the hens afore haen a bit
1 matches
Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
uld bide in hay barns and ate hens and fish for troot we could c
1 matches
@cligeey tweeted
This thunner could put the hens aff the lay(2020)
muddy_40 Aye we didna let the hens oot this morning(2020)
@MSPAberdeen The chlorinated hens winna need it either(2020)
@Manuforti1968 tweeted
tae skitter" e.g, "oh me! e'' hens hiv got e' skitter again."(2019)
Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
We're hens on a girdle. Maister awa! on page 33
1 matches
Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
eggit awaw the speugs, an the hens
the hens, gaits an gryss. Wie narra pe
The hens wes blawn intil the ryss lik
3 matches
Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
in sair, (but seein they were hens
An blackie hens: ye cannae judge a singer by
2 matches
Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ht forenent the platform. The hens perched theirsels on the wind
thrapples o wir faes. And you hens, hou mony eggs hae ye layen o
gruesome end — nowt, swine, hens, sheep, aab’dy. E’en the
amp whiles,’ says ane o the hens.
the hey. E’en the deuks and hens tyauved back and fore aa day
9 matches
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
the sacks o meal an new-kilt hens that had mysteriously appeart
1 matches
Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
in front o the platform. The hens on page 6
4 matches
Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
KITIS, EGG TRAUCHLES, CLOCKIN HENS OR FOR FEDDERS THAT ARE FAWIN on page 28
1 matches
Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
milkin the kye an feedin the hens as weel as cleanin the hoose on page 120
2 matches
Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
hens, fleggit, fled alang the sheu
1 matches
Rennie, Susan The Muckle Michty Neep, (self-published 2021) Central, poetry
That helped her feed the hens an geese.
1 matches
Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
like a refined pair o clockin hens, an he prayed again, that the
1 matches
McClure, Alan A poem, (Twitter 2022) Central - Galloway, poetry
their hens were fleggit by the fray
1 matches
Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
Weans, coos, sheep an hens
1 matches
Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
oose fur tha cuddy an a wheen hens. It sut ablow tha Rocky Moont
1 matches