Curious Facts in the History of Insects; Including Spiders and Scorpions. / A Complete Collection of the Legends, Superstitions, Beliefs, and Ominous Signs Connected with Insects; Together with Their Uses in Medicine, Art, and as Food; and a Summary of Their Remarkable Injuries and Appearances.

by Frank Cowan

The Louse to the claith,

And the Mouse to the wa’,

Little Rede behind the door,

And licket up a’.[1082]

ORDER XII.
ARACHNIDA.[1083]

Acaridæ—Mites.

The white spot on the back of a certain species of Wood-tic (Acarus) is said to be the spot where the pin went through the body when Noah pinned it in the Ark to keep it from troubling him.

Phalangidæ—Daddy-Long-legs.

A superstition obtains among our cow-boys that if a cow be lost, its whereabouts may be learned by inquiring of the Daddy-Long-legs (Phalangium), which points out the direction of the lost animal with one of its fore legs.