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from "Mary Fisher" contains these words:

But I have researched viking life quite seriously and from time to time live
it.

Have you had the pleasure of meeting a berserkr?

None of us uses anything other than mead or ale for mind enhancing
properties - nor have I heard of such a thing as that foreign name you used

Fly agaric? Bug agaric? The Lapps routinely still use it as a
mind-altering substance.

(FSVO Lapps)

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