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Sprong, fork or grape?

road_high

Just curious as to what people call a sprong ie a fork in different parts of the country. I live in kilkenny and a sprong was always a sprong! Meeting people from up the country, they call it a grape or greap? Any other variations?
Googling this I see sprong originated from the yola language in south Wexford. Which makes sense as to why we call them sprongs!

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munkus

Galway

Hay fork - 2 prongs

Everything else is a fork

Never heard of a grape until some lad was on here talking about stobbing the bull with the "grape". I had images of him charging the bull on horseback with a lance.

whitebriar

Its a sprong here in S wicklow.

Sent a fellah from Sligo to get the sprong for me,he hadn't a clue what it was and calls it a grape.
First I heard of that.

pakalasa

A bit like the Italian man who 'wanna fork on the table'

1chippy

2 prong is a pitch fork. 3 prong is a fork and 4 prong is a grape around here.

Good loser

fredweena wrote: »

I'm from Kerry. They were always called wines. My father is from Galway and said that he'd never heard it before he moved down either.

Them's wynds.

fredweena

Good loser wrote: »

Them's wynds.

You learn something new everyday.:)

C0N0R

1chippy wrote: »

2 prong is a pitch fork. 3 prong is a fork and 4 prong is a grape around here.

Same as ourselves

PN14

Simply known as a 4 prong fork here (dung fork) or a 2 prong fork / pike for the hay fork. In Limerick.

AntrimGlens

up here 4 prongs = graipe .

case885

4 prong pike 2 prong pike or garden fork the one with handel

Jcarnor

A two prong was always known as a fork around here and a four prong as a grape. A friend of mine worked for a farmer in Meath that used to refer to "the two prong sprong" and "the four prong sprong"

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