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“
On his good days, he tried to teach me everything he knew."
"What about his bad days?"
"On his bad days, he generally thought he was an onion."
"That's awful."
"No, it's not. What was awful was when he thought he was a potato masher."
"Oh.
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― Jinx's Magic
― Jinx's Magic
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True the greater part of the Irish people was close to starvation. The numbers of weakened people dying from disease were rising. So few potatoes had been planted that, even if they escaped bight, they would not be enough to feed the poor folk who relied upon them. More and more of those small tenants and cottagers, besides, were being forced off the land and into a condition of helpless destitution. Ireland, that is to say, was a country utterly prostrated.
Yet the Famine came to an end. And h
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― The Rebels of Ireland
― The Rebels of Ireland
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