... Irish traditions. In 1846, a potato famine struck Ireland that lasted until 1850. During this time a blight of the potato crop left acres of Irish farmland covered with black rot. Peasants ate the rotten produce and got sick, while entire villages were consumed with cholera and typhus ... . Some landlords evicted peasants into the disease filled streets, and others actually paid for their tenants to immigrate to America. The Irish Famine claimed at least one million lives and caused Ireland's population to drop from 8 million ... girl. My Great Grandmother had certain traditions in her ...

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