Spuds

v.

Heard in Kildare, Kilkenny, Donegal, Louth and Dublin

Potatoes; the absolute staple of any traditional Irish dinner.

It's ten past six, are the spuds on the boil yet?

Posh English

It is ten minutes past six and I must ask if the potatoes are simmering upon the stove.

Same phrase, other counties

• Kilkenny
• Donegal
• Louth
• Dublin

Related terms

• Hows ur ma 4 spudsA traditional greeting inquiring after one's family and household welfare.
• 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.