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  2. Clog - Wikipedia

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    whole foot clogs; where the wooden upper covers the whole of the foot to near the ankle, such as the Dutch klomp. They are also known as "wooden shoes". Whole foot clogs can give sufficient protection to be used as safety footwear without additional reinforcements. half open clogs; where the wooden upper extends over the toes or slightly ...

  3. International Wooden Shoe Museum Eelde - Wikipedia

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    Over 2,200 different pairs of wooden shoes and footwear with wooden soles from 43 countries. [4] Hundreds of pieces of clog-making equipment from seven European countries. Simple machinery dating from the 1920s, from the Netherlands, Germany and France. An extensive collection of international literature, including photographs.

  4. Klomp - Wikipedia

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    Dutch clogs, for everyday use. The red painting on top makes the clogs look like leather shoes. It is a traditional motif on painted clogs. A klomp (Dutch: ⓘ, plural klompen [ˈklɔmpə(n)] ⓘ) is a whole-foot clog from the Netherlands. Along with cheese, tulips, and windmills, they are strongly associated with the country and are considered ...

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  6. Mythology in the Low Countries - Wikipedia

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    According to the tradition (The Legend of the Wooden Shoe), the trees were filled with good spirits, and kept the land firm otherwise it would melt or disappear under water and floods. [11] Eyck names: The popular Dutch names, Eyck and Van Eyck, mean "oak" and "of the oak", respectively. Oak trees were venerated in Druidic religion and mythology.

  7. Patten (shoe) - Wikipedia

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    Pattens were worn outdoors over a normal shoe, had a wooden or later wood and metal sole, and were held in place by leather or cloth bands. Pattens functioned to elevate the foot above the mud and dirt (including human effluent and animal dung) of the street, in a period when road and urban paving was minimal. Women continued to wear pattens in ...

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  9. Galoshes - Wikipedia

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    By the 14th century, galosh was also being used to refer to English-style clogs, shoes with a wooden sole and a full fabric or leather upper [5] and then to any shoe or boot generally, [2] a meaning it still bears in Azorean Portuguese.