What is clogs?

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david429835

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clogs

Endie vB

Here's a link to a picture of traditional Dutch clogs:
http://www.huige.nl/klompen.jpg

Wooden shoes. The Dutch word for these are "klompen"
I was born in a village, and used to wear them as working boots. It's safe and warm for your feet. But it's noisy.

There are traditional Dutch dances, in which the "klompen" are the musical instrument. Some people here still hang up one or two klompen at the wall in their back yard or at the front door, to grow a plant in it.

Usually made of willow wood, because that does not easily break.

vakayil k

The word clog, as applied to footwear, has these meanings:-

A type of shoe or sandal made predominantly out of wood.
A type of boot or shoe with leather sides and uppers and wooden soles. They may have steel toecaps and/or steel reinforcing inserts in the undersides of the soles.
A special kind of shoe worn while clog-dancing (clogging). They are similar to tap shoes, but the taps are free to click against each other, therefore producing a different sound than tap shoes.
Nowadays, "clogs" also means comfortable slip-on shoes. They are often made out of leather, but some clogs keep the bottom part out of wood. All-rubber clogs are often worn while gardening, because they can be easily hosed off and allowed to air-dry. Some clogs come with heels, and are usually distinguished from mules by their higher vamp. It is commonly accepted that men and women can wear low-heeled or high-heeled clogs.
Clogs (with meaning 1 or 2) were, and in some regions still are, widely worn by workers as protective clothing in factories, mines and farms. Another name for a wooden shoe is sabot.

Traditional clogs were made out of willow or poplar wood and are associated with the Netherlands and Sweden as part of the touristic "Holland"/Swedish image, where they are seen as a form of national dress. Because of this, Dutch people are sometimes called cloggies, that is, clog-wearers. In Dutch, clogs are known as klompen. The traditional, all wooden, Dutch clogs have been officially labelled as safety shoes, passing European standards for the CE mark with flying colours. Today, Dutch clogs are available in many tourist shops. Wearing clogs is considered to be healthy for the feet.

In England, clogs were traditionally made of alder and were commonly worn by all classes throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. The Lancashire cotton mill workers habitually wore clogs because of the wet floors maintained in the cotton mills. There is a theory that clogging or clog dancing arose in these mills as a result of the mill workers entertaining themselves by syncopating foot taps with the rhythmic sounds made by the loom shuttles. Clog dancing became a widespread pastime during this period in England. During the nineteenth century, competitions were held and there were professional clog dancers who performed in the music halls. One such professional dancer was John Carr of Newcastle under Lyme, who appears in the English census of 1871 and proudly proclaims his employment as "Professional Clog Dancer".

Clogs are traditional also in northern Italy.

Pattens are an overshoe variant of sandals or clogs meant to protect other footwear by either covering or elevating it above the street.

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huggz

Clogs are wooden shoes traditionally worn in the north of the UK, some parts of Eire and Holland

cherub

They are footwear made of wood. Very heavy and the national shoe of Holland. You just slip your foot into them - nothing to close or tie.The toe area is pointed,In France they are calles sabots.

Made from poplar or willow wood.
In Dutch: Klompen.

Where am I?

Clogs are wooden shoes, usually handmade and were common wear in the Netherlands for mainly farmer, some still wear them. Due to the fact that they are made out of wood, it protected their to be stepped upon by cows and horses.

Jean-Paul J

What are clogs? Very simple. They are wooden shoes traditionally used by farmers in the Low Countries when they walked through their fields. They are very stable, and many farmers of my country still use them today because they hold very well on the ground.

Stillwater

Wooden shoes which are use-full in farming. Your feet are protected and when you walk in and out your house you can easily take off your shoes.
They are not often worn anymore, but people who work in gardens sometimes still prefer them to leather boots.
Dutch are known to wear clogs (but not anymore). Also the French (south of Bordeau) and Italians are (Northern Italy)
More about clogs on wikipedia.

toubab

wooden shoes

I don't get it

Traditional clogs are made from a moist canadian wood and once carved out are set to dry and become very light weight. These were designed because they're basically water proof foot wear.

Modern clogs have a wood bottom with rubber grip.If for a girl they can be made to look like sandals with a covered toe.They also use a leather top for both men and women.

paulrb8

the little wooden mules you wear on your feet

daddybear

traditional wooden footwear worn in the Nederlands and nickname for Dutch people

It's Me!

Shoes made up from wood.

PeteB

Clogs are the wooden shoe worn by Dutch peasants, and now sold mainly in tourist shops as souvenirs.
I believe the word in Dutch is Sabot, but that may be French

your pete

What ARE clogs?
Wooden shoes....great for swimming.

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