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COMINGS AND GOINGS 31

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Summary: Wailing Potatoes

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Seasonal migration was also common in Ireland. This painting shows Irish labour, men and women, sorting harvested potatoes. Ayrshire in Scotland attracted large numbers of farm labourers from Co. Donegal in the potato harvesting season.

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