different between irish vs murphy

English

From the common Irish name Murphy. Compare Donovan (“a potato”).

murphy (plural murphies)

An Irish or white potato.
- 1857, Thomas Hughes. Tom Brown's School Days, chapter VI
  " […] she bakes such stunning murphies—we'll have a penn'orth each for tea; come along, or they'll all be gone."
- a. 1848, William Thackeray, "Peg of Limavaddy", in The Irish Sketch Book (1848), page 147
  To the chimney nook, / Having found admittance, / There I watch a pup / Playing with two kittens / (Playing round the fire, / Which of blazing turf is, / Roaring to the pot / Which bubbles with the murphies) […]

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