How much merit is there to the hallucinations brought on by ergot in the grain supply during the Salem Witch Trials?

by wizard20007
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Not much.

Take a look at this answer from /u/dhowlett1692

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3lu1t0/why_did_the_salem_witch_trials_start/

And this one from /u/kingconani

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/9obvyt/how_plausible_is_the_theory_that_a_lot_of_the/

And this one from /u/idjet

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/33e5eh/is_there_any_known_correlation_between_the/