On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Chris Barker wrote:
> Go on then Ian... what is "ergot"?
>
It's a fungus that can infect cereal crops, esp. wheat and rye. Besides
being toxic it's also hallucinogenic. There was a lot of it about in
the middle ages, apparently.
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