Some say it's a three-pronged pike, others say it's a three-spiked sprong. Many say four is a fork, two is a sprong, and three is a grape.

On Snapchat last week, we gave our followers four name options for this glorious piece of farm equipment - pike, sprong, grape or fork - and asked you to choose. The people have spoken, and the winner is... grape!

A lengthy debate has now ensued on 'the Facebook' over the seemingly touché topic.

One man argued that it was definitely a sprong because "a grape is a fruit and a fork is what ya eat your dinner with."

Meanwhile in Cavan, one man threatened that anyone who called a grape a "fork" should be stuck with it.

"Many a sleepless night I had over that," said one ag science student who is now considering doing his thesis on the topic.

A matter of geograpy

It seems to be a geographical thing, however, as one woman described her first day of ag college:

"I was told to get a sprong and clean out the pen. I was mystified! I was asked where I was from, then told to get a fork. All was made clear," she said.

Grape seems to be the most popular term north and west, while the midlandic folk are going for sprong or fork. A few Kerrymen are convinced its called a pike.

So if four is a fork, two is a sprong, and three is grape, what do you eat your dinner with?

As one wise man once said, "you could eat a grape with your dinner, but you couldn't eat your dinner with a grape." Or is it a graip?...

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