Hiberno-English word/phrase of the day:

Culchie

A ‘Culchie’ is someone that’s from rural Ireland. It’s thought that this word comes from the Irish for ‘Back of the house’, which is ‘Cúl an tí’.

It was a popular custom in rural Ireland to enter a house via the back door, rather than the front, to avoid dragging dirt in through the more formal entrance.

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