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Spooky23 on Oct 17, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: What the Irish Ate Before Potatoes

The other factor is that potatoes can be concealed easily, so when armies swept through to seize food, you’d keep your potatoes and not starve.

dghughes on Oct 21, 2021 [–]

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