Thread:Argali1/@comment-27097330-20170305040755/@comment-26184570-20170629215722

Aramirtheranger wrote: His name was Giles Cory, an eighty-one year old man who was accused just for defending his wife, Martha, against witchcraft accusations levied against her. The particularly brutal nature of his execution has been credited with snapping people out of the hysteria. The Salem witch trials were at least partially caused by ergotism, which is caused by eating noldy grains, usually in the form of bread.