The cricket is known as "the poor man's thermometer," and is believed by some to be a good indication of the temperature. To know the temperature, count the number of chirps a cricket makes within' fifteen seconds and add the number thirty-seven. This will give you the temperature in degrees.
In East India the superstition of the cricket lies in the story of the peril of the soul which, it is held, can leave the body during sleep. The soul, says this Indian fable, leaves the sleeping person in the form of a cricket emerging from the nose.
Native Americans believed crickets brought good luck as well, and avoided mimicking the chirping out of respect for the insect. At one time, it was said that Cherokee Indians drank tea made of crickets, in order to become good singers like the crickets.
It was generally believed that killing a cricket in your house would bring bad luck. It's possible that this superstition of misfortune from killing a cricket comes from the idea that such an act is a breach of hospitality, the little insect invariably taking refuge in houses, and singing it's cheerful "all is well" songs..
MORE CRICKET SUPERSTITIONS:
* It was believed that a cricket can tell of oncoming rain, death, and x-lovers.
* It's very bad luck to kill a cricket, even by accident.
* If you kill a cricket you will tear your drawers (underwear).
* If a cricket is caught in a deep crevice in the rock, or between boards, the bystander who does not release him will suffer from bad luck.
* If you kill a cricket other crickets will come and bite holes in your clothes.
* A cricket in the house brings good luck.
* Finding a cricket in your house tells of money on its way or
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