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Thread #150911 Message #3518921
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
24-May-13 - 04:05 PM
Thread Name: BS: Irish Potato Blight- Cause found
Subject: RE: BS: Irish Potato Famine- Cause found
The name "Corn," applied in UK-Ireland of that time, was a generic term for cereal crops.
In N. Am., nowadays maize comes to mind when someone says corn.