This must common ingredient on the infected with ergot. That causes hallucinations‚ vomiting‚ crawling sensations and violent fits. It was cause by fungus which invades developing kernels if rye grains. What really happen was that many people from Salem believe that ergot poisoning was the caused of Salem Witch Trials by eating poisoned food leads to a number of problem by those characterized of the victims of witches in the Salem witch trials. This led to happen because ergot lives better in warm
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I believe that the real cause of the Salem Witch Trials stemmed from sheer ignorance from the Puritan people. The first factor in the ignorance displayed by the people of Salem was a result of their religion. The Puritans held a firm belief in the Bible and had a strict interpretation of the meaning of what was in the Bible. So they took the Bible passage that reads‚ "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live‚" seriously. I think that this is the very root of the problem: ignorance as a result of religion
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Holocaust really necessary? Was the Salem Witch Trials really necessary? Was there any reason for it at all? Just like the Salem Witch trials there was no real evidence‚ need‚ or reason for The holocaust. Because somebody said this‚ or somebody believed in this‚ many people lost their lives with no real‚ strong reason for it. Most of it were caused by mass hysteria‚ something that does not happen much today. The Holocaust was very much like the The Salem Witch Trials. A Lot of people died for no reason
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place in Salem Village are known as “The Salem Witch Trials”. These Witch Trials caused many people to be accused of witchcraft and well over a dozen to be executed. The source of all this social disruption‚ was when many girls and Reverend Parris’s slave Tituba were caught dancing in the woods. The girls blamed their strange actions on witchcraft. This one incident‚ along with two of the girls having had fallen ill‚ was the trigger for the deadly witch hunt. The chaos of frantic accusations caused
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Craze of going abroad...!!! IT IS a fact that the ultimate aim of most Indian students is to go abroad for higher studies. I have never understood this craze. It is probably due to a variety of reasons. This craze starts right from the beginning when they first start thinking about higher studies and a career. Most parents I know would love to see their children studying abroad and finally settling there. They do not realise that this is a one-way street and that their child could well be
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including scholars‚ believe in witchcraft? Were these trials justified? Or were they evil‚ as many people think? How could respected‚ learned men believe the accounts of psychotics? Most importantly‚ could the trials have been avoided? <br> <br>A major cause of the Salem Witchcraft trials was superstition‚ an "irrational [belief] ... resulting from ignorance or fear of the unknown" (Saliba). A lack of scientific reasoning led many people to believe that‚ for instance‚ walking under a ladder would bring
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During the spring of 1692 the salem witch trials was caused because many women and men and children had believed that they were possessed by the devil. Many of the accused were put on trial and later hung. If they could not recite the Lord’s prayer then they were considered a witch. Other women who denied they were not possessed by the devil and many others agreed were forgiven of all there sins. Several different women and kids were caught in the woods dancing naked around a pot of an
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THE CRAZE FOR CERTIFICATE BY NIGERIANS In recent years there is this general tendency that an increasing number of Nigerians seem to pay more attention on getting various certificates from undergraduate certificates to professional certificates. They are so many types of certificates‚ the growing tendency among Nigerians to get all kinds of certificates has now involved into a craze. The word craze means an enthusiastic interest in something that is shared by many people but that usually does not
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The Salem Witch Hysteria of 1692‚ in Massachusetts‚ was a period of time in which many men and women were executed under the suspicion of being witches. However‚ the true reason behind the killings is still unclear. As evidence shows‚ it is highly probable that the witch trials were‚ at the most basic level‚ caused by social class differences‚ religious beliefs‚ and the fact that the supposed “afflicted” were lying. It is most likely that social class differences led to the Salem Witch Trials. As
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Essay on the Craze of Cricket in India by Subha Sarkar Craze‚ courage‚ fear‚ fantasy‚ win… and the list goes on and on‚ of words that have found entry in the cricket lexicon. What do these words signify in their association with the world of cricket? Craze to grab the accessories of the favorite cricketers‚ courage to postpone the important activities when one knows the load of work pending can prove fatal if not done in time‚ fear of losing the match when six runs are required on the last ball
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