Antipathy
(of human beings)
To Animals: Henri III. and the Duke of Schoenberg felt faint
at the sight of a cat: Vanghelm felt the same at the sight of a pig,
and abhorred pork; Marshal Brézé sickened at the sight of a rabbit; the
Duc d'Epernon always swooned at the sight of a leveret, though he was
not affected at the sight of a hare.
To Fish: Erasmus felt grievous nausea at the smell of fresh
fish.
To Flowers and Fruits: Queen Anne, Grétry the composer,
Faverite the Italian poet, and Vincent the painter, all abhorred the
smell of roses; Scaliger had the same aversion to watercresses; and
King Vladislas sickened at the smell of apples.
To Music: Le Mothe de Nayer felt faint at the sound of any
musical instrument; Nicano had a strong aversion to the sound of a
flute.
To Thunder: Augustus trembled at the noise of thunder, and
retired to a vault when a thunderstorm was apprehended.
Witches have an antipathy to running water.
Some men there are love not a gaping pig,
Some that are mad if they behold a cat.
Shakespeare: Merchant of Venice, iv. L
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 More on Antipathy from Infoplease:
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