Spiders were considered efficacious in cases of Ague. If put alive in a
bag and tied round the neck or swallowed alive wrapped in paste.
If you wish to live and thrive
Let the spiders run alive.
Spider webs in the air or on the grass and nets foretells fair weather.
A spider on one's clothes means a new suit or dress.
Woodlice, of the kind which roll themselves up when touched, if
swallowed in that state, were taken for the ague.