...except I despise Wiki to no end for a researching tool. XD
Have you tried researching on your own? Because no one here is going to do the work for you. That being said, I posted on your thread in the Research Forum. If you have start researching, where exactly are you "hung up" on? Basically, what exactly do you need help with? Be specific with your questions. What you're asking is too broad.
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Ooh! I learned about these at the beginning of this year (eighth grade advanced)! But, I'd be of no help to you because I didn't pay attention to the movie and take notes like we were supposed to (no one did). Sorry. Lmao. Good luck.
Tom Riddle: "You read my diary?" Harry Potter: "At first, I did not know it was your diary. I thought it was a very sad, handwritten book."
My favorite explanation is Ergotism - i.e., their bread grew weird funguses and they were all tripping - though barely any historians support this theory. It is, however, the one that would make for the most interesting story (albeit my idea of interesting is probably different from yours).
Again, I wouldn't go around trying to convince people that this is the answer, but to me it's a lot more, er, intriguing for research purposes than the other options.
If you're looking for some psychological background you can read the Crucible - it's fiction, but it might give you a good idea of some of the tension that was there at the time.
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hm....I can tell that this was a long time ago, but I can give some information....
Three girls were playing around one day reading each other's fortunes. They were caught by their parents, and they feared punishment. Witchcraft, after all, was a terrible crime. So, they decided, how could they be punished if they weren't accountable?
They agreed to act possessed. They'd suddenly stop what they were doing, crawl under something, and start rambling in strange languages. Or they'd have a sudden fit on the floor. Or freeze up and stare off for a long time. The priest asked them who did it, and they chose a few people at random that no one liked. These people, though innocent, were burned.
It should've ended there, but the girls realized they had power. They were given names, which were echoed back to the judge in a courtroom. And that's when it all began.
But that's all I know....*is frustrated* I have to look into it more...
Okay the Salem Witch trials were siad to have started after two teenage girls ate hazardous fungi on some moldy bread. They accussed their maid of being witches. Of course a really good literature piece to read if you're looking for is Witch Child by Celia Rees. It was a really good book, even if you aren't doing it for history. I love studingy on the Samlem Witch Trials.
As your pretty, so be wise, Wolves may lurk in every guise.
"Giles Corey of the Salem Farms" a play by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The HP Lovecraft books
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Alice: If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary-wise; what it is it wouldn't be, and what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?
There is only one success: to be able to spend your life in your own way, and not to give others absurd maddening claims upon it. — Christopher Darlington Morley
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