[tallhappy]

...It is rye. I read something concerning the Salem witches that the "visions" were the result of rye ergot...

You are mixing up things. Your are referring to things that happened in Europe in the middle ages. I forget what they called it. The bread got moldy but they knew they still had to eat it because it is all the had. It was called St someone or others dance.

Let me say, your choice of interest and reading matter is a waste of time.

Get another hobby is my advice. And stop reading factually suspect third rank addled literature.

[Yeti]

It was called St someone or others dance.

St. Anthony's Fire or something like that?

[dyed_in_the_wool]

You are mixing up things. Your are referring to things that happened in Europe in the middle ages. I forget what they called it. The bread got moldy but they knew they still had to eat it because it is all the had. It was called St someone or others dance.

St. Vitus Dance is something else completely.
Actually, gargoyle is right on. Here's a link about Saint Anthony's Fire and the Salem Witch Trials tracing them both to ergot.
And do a little research before responding so arrogantly. History is important to understanding the present. Shallow interpretations of things you neither believe nor understand don't help anything except your prejudices.

[gargoyle]

...Got it!!!

[gcruse]

And stop reading factually suspect third rank addled literature.

Speaking of addled....
Before you start admonishing people
for lack of historical rigor, you might
want to examine this PBS site.