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Thread #72339 Message #1245209
Posted By: MartinRyan
11-Aug-04 - 06:07 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: What is a killick?
Subject: RE: Folklore: What is a killick?
One of the links above suggests possible obscure Gaelic or Scots origins for the word. It overlooks a simple possibility - the word for "stone" in Irish Gaelic is "cloch", pronounced "cluck"!. I wonder...