Patara, Spud, Tubers, Taters, Apples of the Earth, this starchy root vegetable has been cultivated worldwide as a staple food.
The ASL hand sign for Potato is similar to the hand sign for IRELAND. For this reason, My ASL Dictionary has a cartoon of a young Irish girl dressed in a Green Festival Dress with a Shamrock hat illustrating the ASL hand sign for POTATO.
The Bent V hand jabs the back of the opposite hand twice, like sticking a fork into a baked potato.
Idaho, known in America as the Potato State, also uses this hand sign for its name.
My Irish Lass then shows the ASL hand sign for IRELAND.
The Bent V hand circled clockwise and then brought down so the fingers tap the back of the opposite hand once.
Similar to the ASL hand sign for NATION.
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