A Person Similar To Small Potatoes

This old Irish saying is evidence of how important potatoes were in Irish life centuries ago. Our old sayings even compared people to potatoes.

"Duine de chinéal na bhfataí beaga,

Duine gan suim."

You can listen to the pronunciation on this sound file .....

Here's the translation into English ...

A person similar to small potatoes

Is not an interesting person.

If you like phonetic spelling to help with pronunciation here you go ...

"Duine de chinéal na bhfataí beaga,

(Dhin-ah deh kin-ale nah vah-thee buh-gha)

Duine gan suim."

(Dhin-ah gah-n sim)

I hope this helps if you are learning to speak Irish. This version is in a Munster Irish dialect.

For more potato sayings check out my blog post here.

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