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Postcard Friendship Friday #23 - Quirky French Potato History

Posted on Thursday July 2nd, 2009 at 17:00 in paris, history, versailles, potato, vintage postcards, benjamin franklin, queen marie antoinette

marie antoinette vintage postcardIn 1748 the French Parliment had actually forbidden the cultivation of potatoes. They were feared to cause leprosy! Sit back and enjoy listening to how Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI, Benjamin Franklin, and Antoine Parme...