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21st September 06, 10:51 AM
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![Quote](http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/images/misc/quote_icon.png) Originally Posted by McClef
It would certainly be unusual!
In a way it's circular history. Sir Walter Raleigh brings the potato back from the New World. It becomes a major staple food in Ireland then the potato crop failures of the 1840s in Ireland drive many of it inhabitants to seek a new life in the New World.
Indeed. I like the "circular" look at it.
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