A Chippenham (Wilts) man ate two or three dozen snails for his tea on Sunday, it was stated at the inquest on December 14. He was dead the next day. In order to await the county pathologists report the Coroner (Mr. H> Dale) adjourned the inquest on William James Foyle (36), of Factory Lane, who was found dead in bed.
Mrs. Foyle stated that on Sunday her husband collected some snails from round a greenhouse, cleaned them, and boiled them. She tasted them when they were done. Her husband had rather a hearty tea of them—some two or three dozen. On Monday he went to a doctor who ordered him to bed. She left him for about ten minutes and found him dead upon returning.
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