Creepy Things That Were Considered Normal In Medieval England

If you have some spare time Lucy Worsley's BBC documentaries are fantastic. YouTube has a ton of them.
Informative. Good humor.
 
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Ergot poisoning was featured in an episode of Little House on the Prairie. If not it was a TV movie and Michael Landon was in it.
Hey Cat.
 
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It’s a wonder humanity survived at all. It seems everything killed you back then. People were born just to survive and die a horrible death. Awful !
 
There is a theory that ergot poisoning was also at the heart of the Salem Witch Crisis in the 1600's in New England.
Ergot poisoning was featured in an episode of Little House on the Prairie. If not it was a TV movie and Michael Landon was in it.
Hey Cat.
lsd (acid) is made from ergot fungus.... funny how in the middle ages it made ppl witches and werewolves but in the 60's it just made rock and roll better.....lol.... timothy leary was a genius.........er, maybe
 
lsd (acid) is made from ergot fungus.... funny how in the middle ages it made ppl witches and werewolves but in the 60's it just made rock and roll better.....lol.... timothy leary was a genius.........er, maybe
Did people ever survive this? Or is it always terminal ?