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A clootie or cloot in Scots
Scots language

Scots or Lowland Scots refers to the Germanic Variety derived from Middle English spoken in parts of Lowland Scotland, Northern Ireland and the border areas of the Republic of Ireland....
 is a strip or piece of cloth, a rag or item of clothing; it can also refer to fabric
Fabric

A fabric is a textile material.Fabric may also refer to:*a production unit or similar practical organism, such as an ecclestiastical Fabrica Ecclesiae...
 used in the patching of clothes or the making of proddy rugs
Rug making

Rug making is an ancient craft, and covers a variety of techniques....
 (aka "clootie mats"). The saying "Ne'er cast a cloot til Mey's oot" conveys a warning not to shed any clothes before the summer has fully arrived and the may flowers (hawthorn
Crataegus

Hawthorn is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia and North America....
 blossoms) are in full bloom. The saying also appears in English as "Ne'er cast a clout till May be out".

A traditional dessert
Dessert

Dessert is a course that typically comes at the end of a meal, usually consisting of sweet food but sometimes of a strongly-flavored one, such as some cheeses....
 pudding
Pudding

Pudding most often refers to a dessert, but can also be a savoury dish.In the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth of Nations countries, pudding refers to rich , fairly homogeneous starch- or dairy-based desserts , or informally to any dessert....
 called clootie dumpling is made with flour, breadcrumbs, dried fruit
Dried fruit

Dried fruitis fruit that has been drying , either naturally or through use of a machine, such as a food dehydrator. Raisins, prunes, and Date palm are examples of popular dried fruits....
 (sultanas and currants), suet, sugar and spice with some milk to bind it, and sometimes golden syrup.






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A clootie or cloot in Scots
Scots language

Scots or Lowland Scots refers to the Germanic Variety derived from Middle English spoken in parts of Lowland Scotland, Northern Ireland and the border areas of the Republic of Ireland....
 is a strip or piece of cloth, a rag or item of clothing; it can also refer to fabric
Fabric

A fabric is a textile material.Fabric may also refer to:*a production unit or similar practical organism, such as an ecclestiastical Fabrica Ecclesiae...
 used in the patching of clothes or the making of proddy rugs
Rug making

Rug making is an ancient craft, and covers a variety of techniques....
 (aka "clootie mats"). The saying "Ne'er cast a cloot til Mey's oot" conveys a warning not to shed any clothes before the summer has fully arrived and the may flowers (hawthorn
Crataegus

Hawthorn is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia and North America....
 blossoms) are in full bloom. The saying also appears in English as "Ne'er cast a clout till May be out".

A traditional dessert
Dessert

Dessert is a course that typically comes at the end of a meal, usually consisting of sweet food but sometimes of a strongly-flavored one, such as some cheeses....
 pudding
Pudding

Pudding most often refers to a dessert, but can also be a savoury dish.In the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth of Nations countries, pudding refers to rich , fairly homogeneous starch- or dairy-based desserts , or informally to any dessert....
 called clootie dumpling is made with flour, breadcrumbs, dried fruit
Dried fruit

Dried fruitis fruit that has been drying , either naturally or through use of a machine, such as a food dehydrator. Raisins, prunes, and Date palm are examples of popular dried fruits....
 (sultanas and currants), suet, sugar and spice with some milk to bind it, and sometimes golden syrup. Ingredients are mixed well into a dough, then wrapped up in a floured cloth, placed in a large pan of boiling water and simmered for a couple of hours before being lifted out and dried before the fire or in an oven. Recipes vary from region to region e.g. in North Fife
Fife

Fife is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire....
 and Dundee
Dundee

Dundee is the fourth-largest City status in the United Kingdom in Scotland and, fully named as Dundee City, one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
 it is not common to use breadcrumbs but the use of treacle is.

Clootie well
Clootie well

Clootie wells are places of pilgrimage in Celtic areas. They are water well or Spring , almost always with a tree growing beside them, where strips of cloth or rags have been left, usually tied to the branches of the tree as part of a healing ritual....
s are wells or springs in Celtic areas where pilgrims leave strips of cloth or rags, usually as part of a healing ritual.

A cluit (Anglicised cloot) less commonly refers to the cloven hoof of cattle, sheep or pigs, and from this the term Cluitie is used as a euphemism for the Devil.