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Re: CHAT: The Pythia (was: hi brethren)

From:Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...>
Date:Friday, March 24, 2000, 8:00
CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
> >Like Thomas Weir, I thought the Pythia was suppposed to have entered her >trance by consuming or chewing laurel leaves (tho I've always been a bit >suspicious of the truth of that theory).
Well I know that Laurel leaves (Laurus nobilis) are the source of true bay leaves, so unless someone wants to chew on twenty leaves and report back, i dont think they're very rance inducing. ________________________________________________ It's worth the risk of burning, to have a second chance...