Potatoes are known colloquially in Ireland as 'spuds'. Apparently, this word is derived from the word spade, which would be used to dig up the spuds.
Some Irish folks also use the term "tatties" for potatoes, but that's apparently Scottish in origin. One might also hear potatoes referred to as "praties," "purdies," or "pirries" in Ireland.
Potato-mash, brúitín m (prátaí). Mashed potatoes, brúitín m. Mashed potatoes, brúitín m, prátaí brúite.
French fries are referred to as "chips" in Ireland and potato chips are called "crisps" .
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Potatoes are known colloquially in Ireland as 'spuds'. Apparently, this word is derived from the word spade, which would be used to dig up the spuds.
Tattie is another word for potato, commonly used across Scotland, where tattie scones originated. You might hear them called Tottie in Glasgow and fadge or potato bread in Ireland.
What is the most famous Irish blessing? “May the road rise up to meet you” is one of the most famous Irish blessings.
“Cailín” is the Irish slang for “girl.” A lot of Irish people still use this word even when speaking in English. The plural, “Cailíní,” is also commonly used, for example, “I'm meeting up with the cailíní later on.” One of our absolute favorite Irish phrases!
Sláinte means "health" in both Irish and Scottish Gaelic. It is commonly used as a drinking toast in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man.
'Cold' in cockney rhyming slang, usually in the context of ambient temperature. 'Taters' is short for 'potatoes'.
Potatoes are not native to Ireland, but matters of geography, politics, economics and agriculture all played an important part in establishing the humble spud as a dependency crop for much of its working population by the middle of the 19th century.
a Scot or dialect word for potato.
The most popular and widespread modern use of the term is as a slang expletive in Irish English, employed as a less serious alternative to the expletive "fuck" to express disbelief, surprise, pain, anger, or contempt.
Houl yer whisht: literally means shut up or be quiet.
2. Poke – ice cream. Poke is used to describe ice cream, specifically a cone from the ice cream van.
Why were potatoes so important to Ireland? The potato plant was hardy, nutritious, calorie-dense, and easy to grow in Irish soil. By the time of the famine, nearly half of Ireland's population relied almost exclusively on potatoes for their diet, and the other half ate potatoes frequently.
Irish people have traditionally preferred floury potatoes to waxy varieties. Whilst silversmiths in Georgian Ireland made potato rings for the Anglo-Irish ascendancy, the poor cottiers cooked in a cauldron and ate their potatoes 'with and without the moon', using a long thumb nail to peel the skin.
But the potato, like the Catholic Church, is an import to Eire—potatoes are actually Peruvian, from thousands of years back, and didn't make their way to Irish soil until the late 1600s.
The even grimmer thing is "bacon" is also cockney rhyming slang for a pervert – I'm giving Clarkson the benefit of the doubt but it's even less of a good look.
"Borrow and beg" (egg)
A fifty-dollar note is also known colloquially as a "pineapple" or the "Big Pineapple" because of its yellow colour.
A short and simple toast for any proud Irishman or woman who's been touched by the romance of a wedding. “Here's to the land of the shamrock so green, Here's to each lad and his darlin' colleen, Here's to the ones we love dearest and most. May god bless old Ireland, that's this Irishman's toast!”