Clorty

She gave him the name of Mole, partly because of the colour of his hide but also she had read a story about a Miss Mole, who throughout life had been dealt the 'clorty end o' the stick': there was a parallel she thought.

Yesternoon i went down on the ice and broke the knobby bit that goes in the shoulder sockt off the end of my right arm. im r-handed of course. anyone have any idea how long the clorty thing will take to heal in someone in her 70s?

Knee-high grass in overgrown gardens, clorty curtains, and a general unkempt, down at heel feel gave lie to the notion of community spirit.