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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/UndyingCorn on 2025-03-15 13:38:02+00:00.

Original Title: TIL There was a phenomenon called Souperism during the Irish Famine. Schools were set up in which starving children were fed, on the condition of receiving Protestant religious instruction. However those who “took the soup” were often reviled by their peers, and the stigma lasted past the famine.