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qualtaghs

qualtaghs is the plural of qualtagh.

Meaning of qualtagh

Noun

qualtagh (plural qualtaghs)

  1. (Isle of Man) The first person one encounters, either after leaving one's home or (sometimes) outside one's home, especially on New Year's Day; a first-foot.
    • A company of young lads or men, generally went in old times on what they termed the Qualtagh, at Christmas or New Year's Day to the house of their more wealthy neighbours; some one of the company repeating in an audible voice the following rhyme:– […] they were then invited in to partake of the...[1835, Archibald Cregeen, “Quaal′tagh or Qual′tagh”, in A Dictionary of the Manks Language, with the Corresponding Words or Explanations in English; […], Douglas, Isle of Man: […] J. Quiggin, […]...

Forms of qualtaghs

alternative formquaaltaghs

Questions about qualtaghs

What is qualtaghs the plural of?
Qualtaghs is the plural of qualtagh.

Words near qualtaghs in the dictionary

  1. qualophiles
  2. qualophobe
  3. qualophobes
  4. quals
  5. qualtagh
  6. qualtaghs
  7. Qualtieri
  8. qualy
  9. QUALYs
  10. Quam
  11. quamash

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