Qualtagh (noun) (historic)
kwal-tek
The first person to enter a house on New Year’s Day; = “first foot”. Also: the first person one meets after leaving home, especially on a special occasion.
Manx English; associated with early Irish.
Example sentences
“He rapped the door as it was an emergency but accidentally became the qualtagh too.”
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