Ergot

causes. The Salem Witch Trials were caused by health reasons. In 1691, the weather had early rains and warm weather in the spring and hot and stormy weather in the summer. This weather conditions made it easy for a parasitic fungus called ergot to be grown. Ergot is found in rye bread which was commonly eaten in Salem. It can cause hallucinations, mania, and delirium.

have pondered what could have caused the afflicted and accused to act in such way. Back in 1976, Toxicologists studied the fungus ergot, which can be found in wheat( the main crop grown in Salem Village). Ergot thrives in warm, wet conditions, which in the summer of 1691 was particularly moist. It was also no coincidence that when the dry summer of 1692 rolled around, ergot was nowhere to be found along with any convictions of so called

The Salem Witch Trials were a series of accusations, trials, and executions based on the supposed outbreak of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. The trials began during the spring of 1692, and the last of them ended in 1693. It all started when two young girls, Abigail and Betty Parris, began experiencing violent convulsions and outbursts, which were thought to be brought about by witchcraft. Whether they were faking these symptoms, were afflicted with an actual sickness, or were experiencing them

In January 1693, the Superior Court of Judicature, the new supreme court of Massachusetts Bay, would make its first task to deal with the backlog of witchcraft cases. With this came the pardon of those who had been condemned but not executed during the trials. All defendants had their charges dismissed or were acquitted except for three who confessed and received pardons from Governor Phips. In one of the last cases taken up by the court, on May 9, 1693 a grand jury refused to indict Tituba. Reverend

Ergot causes spasms, nausea, vomiting, muscle pain/weakness, numbness, itching, and slower heartbeat. Ergot grows on wheat and was thought to be part of the plant back then, causing it to be commonly consumed. During Middle Age ergotism was known as St. Anthony's Fire and was very common at the time. Some

town. Even though not all those individuals were sentenced to death, there were still three causes or theories of why the Salem witch trials might have occurred and caused all these mess. Some of those reasons included that the girls could have been ergot poison, that they were bored because of the type of lifestyle that they had to live in, and because there was a sort of rivalry (jealousy) of land. After escaping from England because of religious persecution and settling in the United States

Would you ever die for what you believe? In 1692, many people had no other choice but to do just that. The belief in magic and spells was introduced by Native American and African slaves in New England. Many who practiced this were accused of witchcraft. Salem, Massachusetts was the sight of many witch trials and perhaps the most well-known, but other villages held them too such as Andover, Massachusetts; Fairfield, Connecticut; and other places in New England (Historical Witches, n.p.). Historians

According to their research: Ergot poisoning in individuals with adequate vitamin A intakes leads to gangrenous rather than convulsive symptoms. Vitamin A is found both in fish and in dairy products. Salem Village was a farming community and Salem Town, which bordered the village, was

town. Even though not all those individuals were sentenced to death, there were still three causes or theories of why the Salem witch trials might have occurred and caused all this mess. Some of those reasons included that the girls could have been ergot poison, that they were bored because of the type of lifestyle that they had to live in, and because there was a sort of rivalry (jealousy) of land. After escaping from England because of religious persecution and settling in the United States

What caused the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria of 1692? From June through September of 1692, nineteen people, all having been declared guilty witchcraft, were hanged in Salem Village. Another man of more than eighty years was pressed to death under substantial stones for declining to submit to a trial on witchcraft charges. Many others confronted allegations of witchcraft. Handfuls grieved in prison for a considerable length of time without trials. At that point, very nearly when it had started, the