| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - The famine of 1740???41 was due to extremely cold and then rainy weather in successive years, resulting in food losses in three categories: a series of poor grain harvests, a shortage of milk, and frost damage to potatoes.[2] At this time, grains, particularly oats, were more important than potatoes as staples in the diet of most workers.
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