Spuds

n.

Heard in Donegal, Kilkenny, Louth, Dublin and Kildare

Potatoes, the undisputed cornerstone of any proper Irish dinner.

Put on the spuds there will ye before the roast gets stone cauld!

Posh English

Kindly place the potatoes on to boil before the roast turns entirely chilled!

Same phrase, other counties

• Kilkenny
• Louth
• Dublin
• Kildare

Related terms

• At home pickin spudsTruancy from school or work under the pretence of being elsewhere.
• Drain the spudsTo urinate, typically used by men.
• He's a head on him like a bag a spudsA humorous description of an extremely unattractive person.
• Head on ya like a bag of spudsUgly.
• How's your mother for spuds?A cheeky or coded way of asking if there is anything one might do to be of service.
• Hows ur ma 4 spudsA traditional greeting inquiring after one's family and household welfare.