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OT rcty - Witches ? of Salem
I seem to recall ergotamine poisoning occurs mainly in rye bread and would
probably apply more to the witch burnings in Europe. I don't know if they ate rye bread in America, but the German peasants sure did. I had a book that described the witch burnings, but can't find it. Damn - I hope I didn't sell it in the garage sale! Dora On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 00:31:00 GMT, "emerald" wrote: I saw an interesting programme on TV (in the series called "Secrets of the Dead"). These people postulated that the girls' hallucinations etc were caused by ergotamine poisoning,. IIRC, they were exposed to the ergot by eating bread made of mouldy wheat. Apparently there were more incidences of "witchcraft" in the years in which the weather was foul and the harvest was poor. emerald We know they weren't witches in the sense of the word in those times and that would seem as good a cause as any. Everybody had wheat in their diet, so it would account for it, but wouldn't adults have been affected too ? And men ? Sheena |
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