Colm O'Regan: With the prospect of getting back to normal life, there is an impulse to continue huddling
Pullets. It’s one of the words from my childhood that I assumed that everyone used.
Words like haggart — the field or farmyard closest to the house — or budget — a knapsack sprayer my father wore like the Mandalorian (without any protective gear, natch) or Latchiko which was a catch-all for people who’d be hanging around and might possibly steal a lawnmower. And then I didn’t hear them again for years.
