...och de stannade?
(Tacka k. frun!)
Hans K
Avslutningen betyder väl att det gäller att dricka på.Frühere Verwendung: Der Stechapfel wurde in früheren Zeiten, aufgrund seiner halluzinogenen Wirkung, durch die peruanischen Ureinwohner als „Tonga-Trank“ verwendet. Hierbei wurden die Inhaltsstoffe verwendet um einen „Trance-Zustand“ herzustellen. Eine der ältesten Aufzeichnungen über dieses Verhalten wurde durch „L. v. Tschude“ im Jahr 1838 – 1842 erbracht. Da die starke Giftigkeit der Pflanze bekannt ist wird von diesen Ritualen dringlichst abgeraten!
I Nordisk Familjebok verkar det dock handla om en annan närbesläktad växt, Röd Änglatrumpet; så här står det.The James-Town Weed (which resembles the Thorny Apple of Peru, and I take to be the plant so call'd) is supposed to be one of the greatest coolers in the world. This being an early plant, was gather'd very young for a boil'd salad, by some of the soldiers sent thither to quell the rebellion of Bacon; and some of them ate plentifully of it, the effect of which was a very pleasant comedy, for they turned natural fools upon it for several days: one would blow up a feather in the air; another would dart straws at it with much fury; and another, stark naked, was sitting up in a corner like a monkey, grinning and making mows [grimaces] at them; a fourth would fondly kiss and paw his companions, and sneer in their faces with a countenance more antic than any in a Dutch droll.
In this frantic condition they were confined, lest they should, in their folly, destroy themselves—though it was observed that all their actions were full of innocence and good nature. Indeed, they were not very cleanly; for they would have wallowed in their own excrements if they had not been prevented. A thousand such simple tricks they played, and after eleven days returned themselves again, not remembering anything that had passed.
— Robert Beverley Jr., The History and Present State of Virginia, Book II: Of the Natural Product and Conveniencies in Its Unimprov'd State, Before the English Went Thither, 1705
Här är växterna.Giftigast bland alla arterna är den i Ostindien och Kina
växande D. ferox L. D. tatula L., i södra Europa, och
D. metel, i Ostindien, användas såsom D. stramonium,
men af fröna hos D. metel kan äfven beredas en
ljufligt berusande dryck. En liknande dryck beredes i
södra Amerika af den der växande D. sanguinea R. et
P. Denna dryck, s. k. "tonga", försätter i ekstas,
hvarför den begagnas af indianernas prester, när
de skola meddela svar från gudomen. Tonga kan äfven
framkalla anfall af vildt raseri.