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Photo
courtesy of Linda Packard
The most interesting and logical explanation for
the Salem Witch Trials that took place in the
late 1600’s is the hypothesis of ergot poisoning,
caused by a fungus that infected grains of rye.
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History
of America — or coffee, tea and potatoes
by
Bronwyn Wilson |
If
you have Irish ancestry, as I do, you might go
all out on St. Patrick’s Day. Maybe you
wear green and place shamrocks in your hair.
Possibly you add green food coloring to the milk
for a green treat in the breakfast cereal (someone
once told me they did this.)
Or maybe you just let loose and do the Irish jig
(this is my choice and for some reason I prefer
to do the dance alone on the dining room table.)
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