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They grew potatoes. They grew thecoarsest and most prolific variety, the horse potato; they grew it in 'lazy bed', which means they laid the seed potatatoes out in rows and covered them with earth; and they ate nothing else but potatoes, boiled over a turf fire. They had no need of ploughs or draught animals, but they would keep a pig, which also ate potatoes. When the rent came due, they sold the pig to pay it. Otherwise, they had no money, and there were in the Irish countryside no shops or banks or any means of trade. When the potato crop failed, the people starved. They could live for a year on weeds and roots, but if the crop failed again, they either died or emigrated. Steal. EVERYTHING.
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∙ 9y agoIn archaeological studies, Irish was inhabited for about 9,000 years ago and they are the group of people originate in the Ireland country. They do mostly to live is to plant and grow vegetables mainly potatoes (the most prolific and coarsest variety) and sold it to their neighbors or to the market, they also keep a pig, not a ploughs or draught animals, which is also ate a potato and sold it to pay.
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∙ 14y agoThey grew potatoes.
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