I've said it before, I'll say it again: You never know what sort of odd and interesting things you discover when you're doing research for a book.
For instance, I discovered that in certain regions of Italy, it was believed that the way for someone to be cured after being bitten by a tarantula was...
to dance.
Wildly. With abandon.
In fact, they gave a name to the dance, one you may have heard of - the tarantella.
However, in these same regions in Italy, rites of the god Bacchus were held, which involved...
dancing and some serious partying, also known as a "bacchanalia."
Coincidence?
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