praties
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[edit]Noun
[edit]praties
- plural of praty
- c. 19th century, unknown author, Muirsheen Durkin
- Goodbye Muirsheen Durkin. Sure, I'm sick and tired of workin'. No more I'll dig the praties and no longer I'll be fooled.
- 1993, “Galway Bay (song)” (track 83), in Bing: His Legendary Years 1931-1957, performed by Bing Crosby:
- For the breezes blowing o'er the sea from Ireland/Are perfumed by the heather as they blow; And the women in the uplands digging praties/Speak a language that the strangers do not know.
- c. 19th century, unknown author, Muirsheen Durkin