How Spud Was Named
“Spud” in common parlance nowadays means a potato, but there was a time two centuries ago when S-P-U-D stood for the Society of the Prevention of Unwholesome Diet. The society was formed against the introduction of potatoes into Great Britain. Potatoes were then looked upon as something unfit for food.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 37, 5 January 1949, Page 5
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54How Spud Was Named Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 37, 5 January 1949, Page 5
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