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SPIDER KILLING TABOO

IN IRELAND IT IS TABOO TO KILL SPIDERS BECAUSE SPIDERS WERE SUPPOSED
TO BUILD GIANT WEBS INTO WHICH PEOPLE CRAWLED TO HEAR MASS.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT RELATED THAT THE ABOVE WAS TRUE BECAUSE THE CATHOLICS
WERE BEING KILLED AND THEIR CHURCHES BURNT, AND THIS WAS THE ONLY
WAY THEY COULD HAVE MASS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings:

BELIEF -- Insect

Date learned: 02-00-1971

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