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Antipathy, of animals
According to tradition, wolves have a mortal
antipathy to scillaroots; geese to the soil of Whitby; snakes to soil
of Ireland; cats to dogs; all animals dislike the castoroil plant;
camphor keeps off insects; Russian leather is disliked by bookworms;
paraffin by flies; cedar-wood is used for wardrobes, because its odour
is disliked by moths. Ants dislike green sage.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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