Ergot

Trials was actually Ergot Poisoning, not the Devil. According to the article, ergot is a fungus, “that affects the rye grain,” (PBS 2016), which causes numerous side effects. Many factors contribute to the ergot poisoning idea, such as the climate and growing conditions that ergot thrives in, what wheat rye was infected in relation to where the accused and accusers lived as well as the time span, and the symptoms of this type of poisoning. A crucial piece of evidence to the ergot theory is the growing

Ergot is a parasitic fungus that is known to grow on grains like rye, and any kind of cereal grains. In my belief the exchange of foods with theses grains is what caused the Salem people to have such a big outbreak during the Salem Witch Trials. To think that it could possibly be anything else that caused such trouble, would be silly to think it was witchcraft causing this. In every situation it was unavoidable to have received any type of rye, and for the Salem town it was just a bad time for this

Ergot: The Cause of the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria? In the year 1692, The Salem Witch Trials began in the little town of Salem Village. In these trials, hundreds were accused and 18 hanged. Many historians today still try and figure out what was the cause of the Salem Witch Trials with theories about family rivalries and boredom.  Even so, the most plausible theory of what caused the Salem Witch Trials was ergot poisoning. Ergot is a fungus found in rye, wheat and other grains. “Ergot thrives in

Salem Witches and Ergot of Rye While researching texts written about the Salem Witch Trials, I found a few authors who published articles and books about the Salem Witch Trials. These authors often showed that the most likely cause of the fits coming from the victims was produced by ergot of rye. However, I could not find much discussion about another important source of the fits’ cause: witchcraft. My goal in this paper is to produce a convincing argument that the victims during the Salem Witch

witch, until one day it got of hands after the thought of five thousand people dying. The first Theory on how this all started , was with the Ergot Fungus. This fungus caused a lot of problems. It had the same effects as the LSD disease. The symptoms were like, hallucination, contraction in the muscles, confusion and impaired speech and thought. Ergot Fungus is a fungus that is found in wheats such as cereal, breads, and anything that contained wheat in it. The girls who started this witchcraft

poisonous fungus Ergot is the main cause of the Salem Witch Trials because in the 1500s, Rye bread was found to be a main staple of people’s diets, and the the spread of this fungus through the consumption of Rye is the only feasible explanation to the random outbreak of witch persecution. The first reason why Ergot is the main cause of the Salem Witch Trials is that the symptoms of those who were “bewitched” were experiencing line up exactly with the symptoms of those who had consumed Ergot. Linda R

theories accumulated over the years on the topic of werewolves. There were Stories about men who shape shift during a full moon, a man wolf hybrid, their possible connection to the legend of the Navajo Skinwalkers, and the side effect of a fungus called Ergot. It was near the end of the 16th century in the town of Bedburg, farmers were chasing a beast who was the cause of death of 13 children, two pregnant women, and numerous livestock. When the farmers were about to move in for the kill the beast was

important to recognize the symptoms exhibited by the accused, the reason for the accusations, and the ergot poisoning theory. It

trials of Salem were caused by ergot poisoning one must know the definition of ergot, the growing conditions of the poison, and the victims and the symptoms they suffered. Knowing what ergot is helps to understand how it affected the village of Salem. Ergot poisoning starts as a fungus that can have hallucinogenic properties (“Rye Ergot and Witches”). Ergotism comes from the fungus

to recognize the symptoms and behaviors, who was affected, and the ergot poisoning theory.