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Even without wars and religious upheaval, rural societies in Scotland had two great fears: plague and famine. Both could spell disaster for communities large and small and in the 17th century would stalk the rural families of the Borders again and again. Between 1600 and 1700, famine and plague occurred six times each. On three particularly harsh occasions, both occurred in the same year.
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Carol
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Even when the various armies were not fighting in the Borders, they wrought destruction as they passed through on the road to Edinburgh or Newcastle. Armies at the time lived off the land and a passing troop of soldiers could strip a community of all of its food stores in a day. Those who resisted were assaulted, as were any young women who caught the eye of the soldiers.
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