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

[1217.] Ibid., xxix. 36.

[1218.] Staple of News, A. ii. Sc. 1, vol. v. p. 219. Lond. 1816. “A Spider is usually given to monkeys, and is esteemed a sovereign remedy for the disorders those animals are principally subject to.”—James’s Med. Dict. Spiders are also fed to mocking-birds, not only as food, but also as an aperient.

[1219.] Mid. Night’s Dream, Act iii. Sc. 1.

[1220.] Vide Eventful Life of a Soldier. Edinbg. 1852.

[1221.] N. and Q., 2d ed. x. 138.

[1222.] Elements of Mat. Med. and Therap., Philad. 1825.

[1223.] Chamb. Bk. of Days, i. 732.

[1224.] Grah. Domest. Med.

[1225.] Thorpe’s North. Mythol., iii. 329.

[1226.] Brand’s Pop. Antiq., iii. 287.