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Potato Famine
In 1845, the Potato Famine began when many potato crops in Ireland had been infected with a mold called Potato Blight. This had turned their potatoes diseased and useless, putting many who are already in poverty into deeper poverty. The crop had failed due to potato blight in 1845-46, had little success in 1847, and failed once again in 1848. The starving Irish tried eating the potatoes, and would get extremely sick from eating them. Irish people began eating a diet of eggs, birds, and plants like nettles and chickweeds. Many Farmers would bleed their cattle out and fry the blood, rather than eat their meat. If the cattle were as malnourished as the people, then their meat would no good, so they resort to using the blood. Mixed with herbs, garlic, oats and butter, it could be used as good emergency meal. The extremely desperate and malnourished ate rats and worms found off the street.