VMs: Re: Kooky Theory of the Month

["DANA SCOTT" <dscott520@xxxxxxx>]

Hello Robert,

I doubt that your heroine would have been able to produce the VMS if she had
eaten just the first plant in the VMS, Atropa belladonna (f1v), among
numerous other herbals drawn in the manuscript. Viola tricolor (f09v) might
have been an agreeable addition to a salad; however, she would probably have
hallucinated on Papaver somniferum (f90r1).

Regards,
Dana Scott


----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Teague" <rteague@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Voynich Manuscript List" <vms-list@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 5:44 PM
Subject: VMs: Kooky Theory of the Month


> In the year 1173 near Woolpit, England, farmers out in
> the fields were attracted to the sound of crying. Near or
> in one of the wolf pits they found two children, a boy and
> a girl.
>
> They were wearing clothing unlike anything the farmers
> had ever seen, no one could understand their language,
> and their skin was green.
>
> They were taken to the nearby lord's home. They made
> it understood by gestures that they were hungry, but
> refused all ordinary foods offered.
>
> Finally someone happened to bring in some bean plants,
> and the children took them and opened the stalks, like
> they expected something edible to be there. When they
> found nothing, they started crying again. Someone showed
> them the beans, which they ate.
>
> They lived on beans for some time, until they learned the
> language and were persuaded to try other foods. The
> green in their skin slowly faded away after that.
>
> The boy died after about a year, but the girl lived on to
> grow up and marry. She became the secretary for her
> husband and lived a long life.
>
> When asked about her homeland, she said the sun
> never shone there, the land was in a perpetual twilight.
> There was a shining city across a wide river from where
> she lived.
>
> They had been taught that only foods which were green
> were safe to eat.
>
> The account of how they got to Woolpit has several
> versions-- in one, they were following herd animals,
> and trying to get one that had strayed into a cave and
> came out in Woolpit. In another, they followed the
> sound of bells that grew until they swooned,
> and when they awoke they were in England.
>
> My theory is that the VMs was written by the Green Girl.
>
> Her husband was wealthy, and she was his secretary,
> so she had the liesure to write it, and access to the materials.
>
> The alphabet and language are human, but have no connection
> to any earthly ones, so can't be cracked. The words are short
> and repetitious because even as an adult, she would have only
> a child's understanding of the language.
>
> The plants and animals in the VMs are those of her native land,
> which is why they aren't recognizable. The nymphs in baths
> are some cultural event we have no referent to.
>
> I also point out that back in those days, Woolpit wasn't some
> isolated community, but was a center of commerce. Many
> languages would have been heard and spoken.
>
> And that's about it. Duncan Lunan is writing a book about
> the Green Children which I am looking forward to reading.
>
> My work with dates in the Astro section seem to put this
> theory out to pasture, but I thought I'd toss it out anyway.
>
> Robert
>
>
>
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