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Uninvited guests: Traditional insect repellents in Estonia used against the clothes moth Tineola bisselliella, human flea Pulex irritans and bedbug Cimex lectularius
Get PDFExtensive folklore records from pre-modern Estonia give us an excellent opportunity to study a variety of local plant knowledge and plant use among the peasantry in various parts of the country. One important biocultural domain where plant knowledge has been crucial was in the various methods of combating different ectoparasites that cohabited and coexisted with humans and their domestic animals. Some of these methods were widely known (world-wide, Eurasia, Europe, Baltic Rim), while others were more local. Here we discuss ways of reducing clothes moths Tineola bisselliella (Hummel) (Lepidoptera: Tineidae), human fleas Pulex irritons L. (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) and bedbugs Cimex lectularius L. (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) with the help of plants. Various taxa used as traditional repellents have been identified. The use of plants as repellents and their toxic principles are also discussed from a comparative perspective
Benson (Linda) The Ili Rebellion. The Moslem Challenge to Chinese Authority in Xinjiang, 1944- 1949 et Benson (Linda) Svanberg (Ingvar) eds The Kazaks of China. Essays on an Ethnic Minority
No full textAubin Françoise. Benson (Linda) The Ili Rebellion. The Moslem Challenge to Chinese Authority in Xinjiang, 1944- 1949 et Benson (Linda) Svanberg (Ingvar) eds The Kazaks of China. Essays on an Ethnic Minority. In: Archives de sciences sociales des religions, n°70, 1990. p. 234
Encounters with fierce dogs and itchy bedbugs : why my first field work failed
No full textThis essay, which is the fifth in the series "Recollections, Reflections, and Revelations: Personal Experiences in Ethnobiology", is a personal reminiscence by the researcher on his first field experience in Turkey in the late 1970s, which was a failure from an ethnobiological point of view but a success for a social scientist pursuing Turkic studies. The author later returned to ethnobiology during subsequent fieldwork on the Faroes
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