The legend remains powerful: This highway had to be remapped so as not to disturb the wells and
cloots.
In doing so, it's said that you leave behind - in the
cloot - an ailment or illness at the well.
Those that live by the old adage "N'er cast a
cloot till May's oot" were pleased they did yesterday.
So May is oot and we can now officially cast a
cloot. Blistering temperatures meant many stripped off early and we're now sporting sunburn like a badge of honour.
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Rory does a mean 'Parliamo Glasgow!' and can also recite Baxter's famous singalong
cloot song: "Gie's a punna burra furra murra.
I WAS always told the old saying "Ne'er cast a
cloot till May is oot" was in reference to the may flower, not the month of May.
It gets its name from the"
cloot" or cloth in which the pudding was traditionally boiled.
The drinks favoured by youngsters are not just alcopops, they'll drink anything you put in front of them through a "mucky
cloot".
FOR a perfect taste of Scotland, get the
cloot oot!
It's what known as a serious dose of reality or, depending on what part of the country you're from, a skelp on the coupon with a dirty
cloot.
Or as my own used to say - "never cast a
cloot until May is oot".