Editing Clog (section)

==Flexing the foot==
As they are primarily made from wood, clogs cannot flex under the ball of the foot as softer shoes do. To allow the foot to roll forward most clogs have the bottom of the toe curved up, known as the cast.<ref>Note that some thick-soled women's shoes (stilleto or wedge), which while not wooden soled, are as rigid as clogs. They likewise have to have a noticeable cast.</ref> Some styles of clogs have "feet", such as Spanish [[albarca]]. The clog rotates around the front edge of the front "feet". Some Japanese and Indian clogs have "teeth" or very high pegs attached to the soles. The clog can rotate around the front edge of the front "tooth" as the wearer strides forward. Some medieval pattens were in two pieces, heel through to ball and ball to toes. Joining the two was a leather strip forming a hinge, thus allowing the shoe above to flex.{{sfn|Grew|De_Neergaard|2004|loc=chapter on pattens}}  Klompen may have a carefully placed [[Ease (sewing)|ease]] (space left around the foot), which allows the foot to bend, and the heel to lift within or out of the clog. Thick, springy wool socks provide flexibility in the fit.

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File:Dupre large-258 (cropped) cowherd.jpg|This cowherd appears to be wearing thick white wool socks and black leather [[turnshoes]] under her wooden overshoes, which are eased.
File:Bundesarchiv Bild 194-0097-02, Holtwick, Mädchen auf dem Schulweg.jpg|Here the rearmost portion of the vamp is elastic leather, and the shoe rotates using the cast of the toe.
File:Albarcas-Cantabria.jpg|Albarcas have three feet
File:Cloggie Display.jpg|Some clogs rotate around the front clog-feet, located under the ball of the human foot.
File:Japan - Awa Bon Odori - Geta (footwear).jpg|Geta rotate around the front tooth, which must be placed under the ball of the foot.
File:一本歯下駄 (17305606464).jpg|[[Geta (footwear)|Tengu]] geta have only one tooth.
File:Walraversijde83.jpg|These wooden pattens are hinged at the ball of the foot.
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