The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-21
SLUG AND SNAIL LORE
Queer Old Traditions That CIus-
ter About the Gastropods.
A CURE FOR WARTS AND AGUE
Drastic Remedies That Must Have
Proved Speedily Mortal to the In
fortunate SnaiIe-A TelePathic The
DRY That Was a Dismal Failure.


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learning considered necessary t"f "c''
cry >'lpoIi'"|' PROV idt'' ue - euHca}-
81 al other p""p,"'S expense "lt docs
no. like 10 do-malI2o. that SlugS ANA
Snai!% were among the very c3T.i">t
natural history subjects We were
taught. The teaching, we may rrneni-
her. was conveyed in The cla~~inaI form
Of question and answer "What." We
were a~I,nJ. are Iit-ln bows made Of"
And fine rrnrf>t almost aIvlvs Of
tho uursn ~. gn,.arr.~, rcr>il;i-iur Sun.
,,lfrd thc answer. with un1uiSt.lllai,I..
rnIish ~&lurs and >nails and puppy
door.' f,ilS'' ,vare We were informed!
the ingredients which went to the com
r,oSitiDu of thr soariu.- human huy. If
WAS douhtIrss the memory of the in
dignity rather Than any righteous zeal
agaiu~t the foes of the flower garden
that induced rs for some time after.
ward inyariaIIv TO S,iuash or other
wise destroy every slug and snail that
our Youthful ewes lighted ON.
As a matter Of fact, however, Il good
deal Of interesting old world lore clu~-
tcrS about siugs and snails, though
considerable more about the latter
than the former. That. however. is Of
the less inheritance, inaSmuCh as nat
uraIistS foil rs thr slug is nractically
u unni which wears its shell undcr its
cL,in ,hnugh rnuuiII, tho definition,
NAV be taken execution to from a sci
cntifit standpoint. II is worth remark
ing that, whereas everybody knows
snails are considered "a table luxury in
several countries. nobody seems to
wax ecstatiC over slugs II we except
the beche de mer, or sea Slug. over
which as prepared in the far east some
writers have risen to poetiCal elO-
uuence. The Romans used to fattcn
their edible snails on bran soaked in
wine and il is said. with a considera-
bic emnhasis on the said" they at
toinad snch an abnormal size that the
shell of one WAS reported to have ca
pacity of ten quarts.
Indirectly snailS may be held TO ada
still more largely to our supply OF
nOurishng food inasmuCh as the fa-
mons DartmoOr mutton is said TO owe
IT'S exrelJance of ouaIitT and flavor to
Tho n,rr;,ds Of tinv snoiIs aaten I,v
tho sheen as thev browse on the short
grass. IT is n little disconcerting after
this to read the old naturalsts' die
tum that the snail is "a worm of slime
and always foul and unclean; Is man
ner snake and is a horned worm"
Moreover, if any one troubled with
! warts will secure snail. pierce it Us
many times as the unsightly excre>-
cences number and then impale the
hapless snail on thorn tree as the
creature dies the warts VIII disappear
Equally deserving the attention OF the
:. ?. {. \. is n provincial cure for
ague. which consists in putting live
snail into bag and wearing it around
the neck 1or nine Gays: 1t Is lhen 10
We 49, 'n 'lil
9"iO - ''''',0 ~ 49,
'lll9 Tue p"'lell' - heNe' lo'0'oN ~,
the 1edlous Complaint Hiahlpeu anu
mixed sometimes with cheese, lope
| and rennet, snails do draw out thorns
if they be applied to the place Lup-
ton assures US "hlle the horhs car
req on the person insure me oearer
| virtue II 10 " NC 'Ho' "'Ai'e
DIT ieao' VI the'e VI DO III ihet'7 III { :
| prove SPeeuHS HUI ''t ~ 'Aie on"ii,
thoush really solile vi 'ne e.olleS vi
thelr longevity anu recupel"'i'e po"
ers make one neol'a'e ~ uoslAi''iAe wv
| posltlNeiN'
| ANA the SuaH Is not NI'houC lt9
| quasi mystic attrlputes' yer! "ldeiS
spread is the childish charm by
which it is adjured to put out Its
horns-"Snail, snail. come out OF your
hole or else III beat you as black as
coal. sometimes Orlpe ~ suos'l'u
cd TOT the threat anu oreau anu o''
ieEcorhS are PROMISED Us an lnu"'t
! 1nent to snow your horhS' III SCOT
! land it is said that the prompt obedi
cnce of the snail indicates that fine
weather may be expected. In some
! ,,I,,,. ,o+cI, nv horns