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What (who) is Irish potato - definition


Irish potato candy         
  • Irish potato candy
CANDY FROM PHILADELPHIA, USA
Irish Potato Candy
Irish potato candy is a traditional Philadelphian candy. Despite its name, it is not from Ireland, and does not usually contain any potato.
Irish White potato         
VARIETY OF POTATO
Irish White
Irish White is a variety of potato that was traditionally grown in County Donegal and Antrim. It was raised by Robert Christie of Ballytaggart about 1882.
One potato, two potato         
CHILDREN'S COUNTING-OUT RHYME
One potato; One potato, Two potato; One Potato, Two Potato
"One potato, two potato" (sometimes "One potato, two potatoes") is a traditional children's counting-out rhyme with accompanying hand actions. It has a Roud number of 19230.
Examples of use of Irish potato
1. Why, he asked, had Britain made no apology for African slavery, as it had done for the Irish potato famine?
2. A severe energy crisis, endless power cuts and severe food shortages prompted mass emigration on the scale of the Irish potato famine.
3. Since Lord John Russell oversaw the Irish potato famine and Lord North the loss of America, the precedent is not always encouraging.
4. To jail him for doing so would be akin to our own courts sending down a novelist who dared to mention the Irish potato famine.
5. The Kelly family are believed to have lived in Canada for six generations, having emigrated from County Mayo during the Irish potato famine in the 1840s.