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cloot

(kluːt)
n
(Animals) Scot and Northern English a hoof
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cloot

(klut)

n. Chiefly Scot.
1. a cloven hoof.
2. Cloots, the devil.
[1715–25; perhaps akin to Dutch klauwtje=klauw claw + -tje diminutive suffix]
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Situated on the outskirts of the village, it's thought the well has special healing powers and people come to visit, dip a small strip of rag or "cloot" in the well then tie it on to a tree branch.
As granny used to say: "Ne'er cast a cloot till May be oot."
Beschryvinghe Vande Voyagie om den Geheelen Werelt Cloot Ghedaen door Olivier van Noort van Vtrecht.
In the same direction, Cloot and Botha introduced the concept of non-integer fractional derivative to investigate a radially symmetric form of (1), by replacing the classical first order derivative of the piezometric head by a complementary fractional derivative [6].
The twenty lexical items are as follows: quine, lug, cloot, pooch, neep, lum, dubs, briks, simmit, bairns, oxter, scurry, loon, preen, tatties, slivers, plook, kirk, bosie, een.
(33.) Gann H, van Calker D, Feige B, Cloot O, Bruck R, Berger M, Riemann D: Polysomnographic comparison between patients with primary alcohol dependency during subacute withdrawal and patients with a major depression.
He then tied that cloth, or cloot, to a branch of a tree or bush near the well.
However, some things are deeply embedded and never forgotten, like the old saying "Ne'er cast a cloot till Mye's oot".
4 tbsp plain flour METHOD Mix all ingredients together until a soft mix, not too wet or too stiff 1 2 Scold the cloot in boiling water, cover in flour & shake off excess and bring a large pot to the boil 3 Spoon the mix divided into 4 cloots & shape in a bowl and gather up the corners of the cloth Tie very tightly with string and place into the boiling water 45 Place a tight-fitting lid & boil for 2-3 hours, topping up with boiling water when needed - or use a pressure cooker for 45 mins (don't tell grannie!) 6 Remove at timer and dunk dumplings into a bowl of cold water for 60secs 7 Place back into bowl you shaped in and untie the string.
www.nnr-scotland.org.uk www.isleofmayferry.com Cloth of luck At Clootie Well on the Black Isle in north-east Scotland, tradition has it that visitors tie a "cloot" or cloth on a tree for luck.
Words like dede, coo, cloot, hoos, wrang, strang and lang - meaning dead, cow, clout, house, wrong, strong and long - are all exactly the same for Geordies as they were for Anglo-Saxons 1,500 years ago.
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