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cowchook = caoutchouc (French): Rubber (boots)
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* '''seven-league boots''' magic boots in European folklore (Note: Roland McHugh's ''Annotations to Finnegans Wake'' gives "ten-league boots")
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven-league_boots Wikipedia]
  
Referring to the legend of the seven-league boots
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* '''caoutchoucs:''' (''French'') goloshes
  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_league_boots
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* '''bottes de caoutchouc:''' (''French'') Wellingtons, rubber boots which Irish farmers wear while working in their fields
  
Rubber boots are called 'Wellingtons' in England.
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[[Category: clothing]]

Latest revision as of 12:57, 29 June 2012

  • seven-league boots magic boots in European folklore (Note: Roland McHugh's Annotations to Finnegans Wake gives "ten-league boots")
  • caoutchoucs: (French) goloshes
  • bottes de caoutchouc: (French) Wellingtons, rubber boots which Irish farmers wear while working in their fields