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Clootie

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Cloot´ie
n.1.(Scot. & Dial. Eng.) A little hoof.
2.The Devil.


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Clark, who is also of Scottish heritage, found that people in the Highlands of Scotland visited sacred healing wells, called clootie wells, where they washed their bodies with cloth and then hung the cloth in a nearby tree.
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