SC - Murri

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Helen wrote:

> I read some where that that was one possible explanation for the Salem Witch
> trails.  They had a wet year and ate lots of rye bread and they think the wet
> grain may have become tainted,  it may have made them "see things".
>
> =

It was, IIRC, "last year's" rye grain which they believe had begun to grow an
interesting fungus which (in effect) was a poison to the system and caused them
to have hallucinations.

Brenna

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