- Auld Clootie
- (Scottish Gaelic— Old Cloven)—cloven-footed devil
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Auld Clootie
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cloot — the devil Literally, one of the divisions of a cloven hoof, a physical characteristic shared by Satan and cattle. Also as clootie: I hate ye as I hate auld Cloot. (Barr, 1861) Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie, (ibid.) Clootie … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
devil — n 1.(sometimes cap.)Evil One, Wicked One, Spirit of Evil, prince of darkness, prince of sinners, monarch of hell, prince of liars; Lord of the Flies, Lord of Vermin, the Serpent, the dragon, the goat, seirizzin, the dickens, the deuce; Adversary … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
Satan — n 1. Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Beelzebub, Sathan, Sathanas; Moloch, Belial, Clootie, Scot. Horn ie, Japanese Myth. Oni, Jewish Myth. Asmodeus; Abaddon, Apollyon, Diabolus, Azazel, Islamic Myth. Elbis, Iblis. 2. the Devil, the Evil One, the Wicked… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
Address to the Deil — is a poem by Scottish poet Robert Burns. It was written in Mossgiel in 1785 and published in the Kilmarnock volume in 1786. It is generally considered one of Burns best poems.Fact|date=August 2007OverviewThe poem was written as a humorous… … Wikipedia
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Burns stanza — The Burns stanza is a verse form named after the Scottish poet Robert Burns. It was not, however, invented by Burns, and prior to his use of it was known as the standard Habbie, after the poet Habbie Simpson (1550 1620). It is also sometimes… … Wikipedia
Estrofa de Burns — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda La Estrofa de Burns o Estrofa Habbie (también conocida como estrofa escocesa o pentagrama de seis líneas) es una composición métrica popularizada fundamentalmente por el poeta escocés Robert Burns, aunque existía ya… … Wikipedia Español
old — or auld is a prefix to numerous nicknames, or names for Nick1, the devil, who was liable to appear if you spoke about him directly: whence our expression talk of the devil, if a person about whom we have been speaking in his absence comes into … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
Goodman’s Ground — (Guidman’s Grunde) In Scottish lore, a portion of farmland that is left uncultivated and ungrazed. The offering of Goodman’s Ground was intended to avert misfortune, especially diseases among cattle. Other names were the Halyman’s Rig, the… … Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology
Nick — 1. the devil Named after one of the Nordic evil spirits or monsters 0 thou! Whatever title suit thee, Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie. (Burns, 1785) Today usually as old Nick; seldom as Nickie or Nicker. 2. to steal… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
