Fionnbharr3d ago

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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Show threadAndy Linton 🇮🇪  ✅

@Fionnbharr

I grew up in Lurgan, Co Armagh and you'd say "munchie man" for this derived from "móinteach".

There's a parish NE of Lurgan called Montiaghs on the shores of Lough Neagh. It's low boggy wetland round the mouth of the Upper Bann.
https://www.townlands.ie/armagh/montiaghs1/

Townlands in Montiaghs

Mar 26 at 7:03pmWeb
Show threadFionnbharr3d ago
@artnacrea Ah, very interesting! I'd say lots of different localities have their own version.