The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

CRICKET

IF YOU KILL A CRICKET, IT WILL COME IN THE NIGHT AND EAT HOLES IN
YOUR CLOTHES.

Submitter comment: I CAN REMEMBER AS A CHILD, BELIEVING THIS TO THE POINT WHERE I
STAYED UP GUARDING MY CLOSET ALL NIGHT FROM THE ONSLAUGHT OF A
PREVIOUSLY KILLED CRICKET.

Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO

Date learned: NOT GIVEN