What's a Pratie

orinda · Post by **orinda** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:39 pm

Greetings to all, I was hoping that someone had heard of this song ,The Gander in the Pratie Hole.What is a pratie hole and does the song have any lyrics.Orinda

A trout in the pot is better than a salmon in the sea

Cayden · Post by **Cayden** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:44 pm

pratie, from the Irish word: potato, spud, tater

brianc · Post by **brianc** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 1:25 pm

tuber!

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 1:38 pm

Orinda,

It's a well known Jig...there are no lyrics.

Slan,
D.

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 2:05 pm

brianc wrote:tuber!

Totally Tuber, dude!

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SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 3:13 pm

"I met her in the garden where the praties grow..."

Steve

kevin m. · Post by **kevin m.** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 4:11 pm

'The Pratie in the Gander's whole'.

GaryKelly · Post by **GaryKelly** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 2:22 am

"What's taters, Precious? What's taters eh?"

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 4:11 am

This is not an edible tuba.

brianc · Post by **brianc** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 10:50 am

"Tuba" is how they pronounce "tuber" in Maine.

Ayuh. And theyah wicked good, too, if you put a little buttah and souwah creeem on 'em too, ayuh.

djm · Post by **djm** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 1:24 pm

I prefer "tatties". That way, when I mumble, she's not quite sure what I said was so nice.

djm

Roger O'Keeffe · Post by **Roger O'Keeffe** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 5:14 am

After harvesting, potatoes were traditionally stored in a straw-lined pit (hole in the ground). Gander in the pratie hole suggests a certain breakdown of good order and discipline.

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 7:58 am

Roger O'Keeffe wrote:After harvesting, potatoes were traditionally stored in a straw-lined pit (hole in the ground). Gander in the pratie hole suggests a certain breakdown of good order and discipline.

Are you telling me that "gander" is a verb?

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 8:48 am

Bloomfield wrote:
Roger O'Keeffe wrote:After harvesting, potatoes were traditionally stored in a straw-lined pit (hole in the ground). Gander in the pratie hole suggests a certain breakdown of good order and discipline.
Are you telling me that "gander" is a verb?

Well, in English, "take a gander" is slang for "take a look", so it could mean "Look in the Potato Storage Pit".

So, instead of the title referring to a memorable incident where a male goose escaped its pen and got at the potatoes, it might just be a reminder to stockcheck before making out a shopping list.

Hmmm.

Caj · Post by **Caj** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 8:00 pm

ARRRR, no, me hearties, a "pratie" is a landlubber who failed the entrance examination for pirate school.

Which consists of just one question.

Caj