'Til May be out - well - here it is!
Also the Horse Chestnut and the Cherry.
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Beautiful photos !
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Thank you very much.
A lovely reminder of Spring, Silver Tabby, now to cast my clout … or maybe wait until tomorrow because it’s still a wee bit chill out there. Beautiful photos though.
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Thank you, Margaret.
The May is not fully out down yer, so the clout will not be cast yet.
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Yes, I was thinking about that on Saturday when I was out on my bike. I was specifically looking to see if the May blossom was out. There was some about, but not everywhere. I felt a bit cheated, really, as I found it necessary to wear more clouts than I had the week before, when it was warmer, despite no blossom being out. 
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Very pretty Tabby.
I do love to see the colours and petals of different flowers.
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Wots a clout…?
Cloth , i.e. coat , jacket , its an old saying reminding us its still chilly here in the UK
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Gorgeous photos @SilverTabby - the Hawthorn is not out up here yet and there’s still a chill in the air, so I haven’t cast many clouts yet! 
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I love to see the trees in blossom at this time of the year.
Pretty photos, Tabby 
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In the context of this thread, a “clout” would mean an item of clothing. Thus, to “cast a clout”, would mean to reduce the amount of clothing worn, in response to warmer weather. One could also “drop one’s clouts”, but that has different connotations. 
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So, when I was a kid and my mum said she was going to give me a clout round the ear, she was really going to give me an item of clothing especially made for the lugole…
