You would have the potatoes washed, boiled and eaten...

Here's an old Irish saying that pokes fun at the Kerry accent....

“Bheadh na fataí níte, bruite agus ite agat

Fad a bheadh an Ciarríoch ag rá práta.”

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

Here's the translation into English ...

“You would have the potatoes washed, boiled and eaten,

while a Kerryman is saying práta.”

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

“Bheadh na fataí níte, bruite agus ite agat

(Veh-uck nah fah-thee nee-teh, brih-teh ah-gus ih-teh ah-gut)

Fad a bheadh an Ciarríoch ag rá práta.”

(Fah-ud a veh-uck on Kir-eeh-uck egg raw praw-tha)

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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