Only a name as far as I can see found in Scotland and Northern Ireland, where does it come from?, as far as I can tell it is a terminology for a type of rubber (and for you Americans I dont mean condom !!!, a rubber in the uk refers to something that can erase pencil marks !!!, or a material used for making tyres (Translated: "tires") )
Growing up in Northern Ireland, we always wore gutties for PE, a type of rubber soled shoe. why "gutties" ?
I think the word "Guttie" comes from the type of rubber used to make gutties, from the resin of the Isondra Gutta tree found in the tropics - the same used to make one of the first types of golf ball - made of rubber, also called the Guttie.
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