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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.Cowan, Frank

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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.

Name: 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.
Author: Cowan, Frank

Cowan, Frank

Insects

Goldsmiths, clay of Ant-hills used by, 135.

  Good foretold by Ants, 152.
    Friday, Bees removed on, 185.

  Goose-quill, Spider in, for Ague, 358.

  Gorilla put to rout by Ants, 157.

  Gossamer, 347.

  Gout, Ants remedy for, 162;
    Oil-beetles, 63;
    Spiders, 359.

  Granada, Ants in, 167.

  _Grasshoppers_, 98-100, 251.

  Gray, characteristics of Linnæan orders of insects,
        turned into hexameters by, 363.

  Greece, silk-worms in, 237.

  Greek, study of, from names of insects, 369.

  Greeks, Ants in divination by, 152;
    Bees, 178;
    _Buprestis_ as food by, 51;
    Egyptian Scarab adopted by, 39;
    estimation of, for Cicadas, 250;
    Grasshoppers eaten by, 98;
    knowledge of silk, 235;
    larvæ eaten by, 27;
    Mantis in soothsaying by, 83.

  Grou-grou worm, 68-70.

  _Gryllidæ_, 98-100.

  _Gryllotalpa vulgaris_, 57, n.

  _Gryllus Ægypticus_, 126.
    _domesticus_, 97.

  Guiana, Ants in, 168;
    Bees, 205;
    Black-ants, 156;
    _Cantharis maxima_, 64;
    Lantern-flies, 256.

  Guinea, Spiders in, 342.

  Gustavus Adolphus’ aversion for Spiders, 344.

  Gyre-carlin, Louse in rhyme of the, 320.


  Hæmorrhoids, Dung-beetle for, 44.

  Happiness of Cicadas, 251.

  Hair, Cicadas ornaments for the, 251;
    insects, 57;
    on children’s cheeks, Ants to remove, 161.

  _Haltica oleracea_, 74.
    _nemorum_, 74.

  Hampton Court, Spiders at, 342.

  Harvest, augury as to, from Dung-beetle, 28.

  _Harvest-flies_, 250-255.

  Harvest-man, 321.

  Hare, feet of, to drive away Bugs, 266;
    urine of, in a prescription, 76.

  Harp, Cicada emblem of, 252.

  Harts, their antidote for poison, 353.

  Hawking with Butterflies, 230.

  Hawk, Scarab figured with head of, 34.

  _Hawk-moths_, 232-234.

  Headache, Scarab on an emerald for, 45.

  Head-dresses, Butterflies on, 230.

  Heart, worm in the, of a horse, 365.

  Hedge-hog kept to kill Roaches, 78.

  _Heliocantharus_ of the ancients, 27.

  Heliogabalus estimates population of Rome
        from collection of Spiders, 334.

  Hemorrhages, Ants for, 162;
    Galls, 145.

  Hen, dung of, for sting of Scorpions, 326;
    moisture from mouth of, for same, 327.

  Hercules-beetle, 45-47.

  Hercules, god of the Flies, 292.

  _Heteroptera_, 265-277.

  Hieroglyphics, Cicadas as, 253;
    Scarab, 35, 37, 43, n.

  Hispaniola ravaged by Ants, 166.

  History, study of, from cabinet of insects, 369.

  Hiving Bees, curious practice at, 189.

  Hoax: bloody-rain in Tennessee, 224.

  Holy men, Lice nourished by, 317.

  Holy water, Caterpillars destroyed with, 243;
    Locusts, 116.

  _Homoptera_, 250-264.

  Honey, 208-211.

  Honey-dew, 257.

  Hops, Aphides and Lady-birds killed on, 21;
    injury to, from Hop-fly, 258.

  _Hornets_, 170-174, 194.

  Horns of Scarabæi in medicine, 26.

  Horse-hair, Gnats destroyed by, 285.

  Horse-leeches eaten in Cumana, 98.

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History

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.

Cowan, Frank

Insects

Goldsmiths, clay of Ant-hills used by, 135.

  Good foretold by Ants, 152.
    Friday, Bees removed on, 185.

  Goose-quill, Spider in, for Ague, 358.

  Gorilla put to rout by Ants, 157.

  Gossamer, 347.

  Gout, Ants remedy for, 162;
    Oil-beetles, 63;
    Spiders, 359.

  Granada, Ants in, 167.

  _Grasshoppers_, 98-100, 251.

  Gray, characteristics of Linnæan orders of insects,
        turned into hexameters by, 363.

  Greece, silk-worms in, 237.

  Greek, study of, from names of insects, 369.

  Greeks, Ants in divination by, 152;
    Bees, 178;
    _Buprestis_ as food by, 51;
    Egyptian Scarab adopted by, 39;
    estimation of, for Cicadas, 250;
    Grasshoppers eaten by, 98;
    knowledge of silk, 235;
    larvæ eaten by, 27;
    Mantis in soothsaying by, 83.

  Grou-grou worm, 68-70.

  _Gryllidæ_, 98-100.

  _Gryllotalpa vulgaris_, 57, n.

  _Gryllus Ægypticus_, 126.
    _domesticus_, 97.

  Guiana, Ants in, 168;
    Bees, 205;
    Black-ants, 156;
    _Cantharis maxima_, 64;
    Lantern-flies, 256.

  Guinea, Spiders in, 342.

  Gustavus Adolphus’ aversion for Spiders, 344.

  Gyre-carlin, Louse in rhyme of the, 320.


  Hæmorrhoids, Dung-beetle for, 44.

  Happiness of Cicadas, 251.

  Hair, Cicadas ornaments for the, 251;
    insects, 57;
    on children’s cheeks, Ants to remove, 161.

  _Haltica oleracea_, 74.
    _nemorum_, 74.

  Hampton Court, Spiders at, 342.

  Harvest, augury as to, from Dung-beetle, 28.

  _Harvest-flies_, 250-255.

  Harvest-man, 321.

  Hare, feet of, to drive away Bugs, 266;
    urine of, in a prescription, 76.

  Harp, Cicada emblem of, 252.

  Harts, their antidote for poison, 353.

  Hawking with Butterflies, 230.

  Hawk, Scarab figured with head of, 34.

  _Hawk-moths_, 232-234.

  Headache, Scarab on an emerald for, 45.

  Head-dresses, Butterflies on, 230.

  Heart, worm in the, of a horse, 365.

  Hedge-hog kept to kill Roaches, 78.

  _Heliocantharus_ of the ancients, 27.

  Heliogabalus estimates population of Rome
        from collection of Spiders, 334.

  Hemorrhages, Ants for, 162;
    Galls, 145.

  Hen, dung of, for sting of Scorpions, 326;
    moisture from mouth of, for same, 327.

  Hercules-beetle, 45-47.

  Hercules, god of the Flies, 292.

  _Heteroptera_, 265-277.

  Hieroglyphics, Cicadas as, 253;
    Scarab, 35, 37, 43, n.

  Hispaniola ravaged by Ants, 166.

  History, study of, from cabinet of insects, 369.

  Hiving Bees, curious practice at, 189.

  Hoax: bloody-rain in Tennessee, 224.

  Holy men, Lice nourished by, 317.

  Holy water, Caterpillars destroyed with, 243;
    Locusts, 116.

  _Homoptera_, 250-264.

  Honey, 208-211.

  Honey-dew, 257.

  Hops, Aphides and Lady-birds killed on, 21;
    injury to, from Hop-fly, 258.

  _Hornets_, 170-174, 194.

  Horns of Scarabæi in medicine, 26.

  Horse-hair, Gnats destroyed by, 285.

  Horse-leeches eaten in Cumana, 98.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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.

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.

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