(March 8, 2022 at 4:53 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: How did the humble potato come to be called a "spud"?
Or, as my father calls them, "a spudato"?
It's a corruption of 'spade', which was used to dig potatoes and other root veg.
Boru
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