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.
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