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Clever clogs!!!!!!!!!!

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syljo

syljo Report 3 Nov 2004 18:22

Where did this saying originate? You wouldn't think of saying "Clever wooden shoes", or would you? Sylvia xxx

Researching:
Finland

Jacqui

Jacqui Report 3 Nov 2004 18:25

Might it have something to do with the little dutch boy who put his finger in the dyke? I assume he would have been wearing clogs, and was (after all) very clever! Jacqui

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}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){ Report 3 Nov 2004 18:26

lol! Nice one Jacqui. Never thought of that. I was just going to call on out Lancashire friends to see if they knew! lol Jeanette x

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}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){ Report 3 Nov 2004 18:35

LOL

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ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom Report 3 Nov 2004 18:50

did she enjoy it....

Bob

Bob Report 3 Nov 2004 20:13

I'd rather have clever clogs than bossy boots

Jacqui

Jacqui Report 4 Nov 2004 08:31

Ooooooooooh - you shameful lot! there was I thinking my explanation could be a possibe answer to Sylvia's question, and what do I get? smut - that's what - LOL Dyke = embankment built to prevent flooding!!! Jacqui

syljo

syljo Report 4 Nov 2004 15:34

Jacqueline, you could of course be right, but why say this in England and not the Netherlands? Another poser! Sylvia xxx

Researching:
Finland

syljo

syljo Report 4 Nov 2004 21:04

Hi Di, I've never heard of that expression before. Here in the Netherlands they have mostly wooden clogs. Farmers are the ones who wear them a lot. I have tried a pair but couldn't walk in them, my husband can. A lot of Dutch people settled in the east of England, Lincolnshire, and you can find Dutch names on gravestones there. It is a bulb-growing district. Sylvia xxx

Researching:
Finland

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}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){ Report 4 Nov 2004 21:20

Di and Sylvia If you've popped your cloggs it means you've died Jeanette x