Don’t step on the Crickets

We have heard the Crickets chirping after dark in the summer. They spend most of their time in old stone walls that have plenty of hiding places, some of the old walls have the white thorn tree growing with their roots intertwined with the stones, a perfect home for the critters.

In the winter the weather gets cold and some of the little critters come in the house, they make their winter home by the fire in the kitchen, and some times during the day you will see one scurrying across the floor from one hiding place to another.

When the old kerosene lamp is turned off for the night and all is quiet now it’s the crickets time to sing his song and the chirping begins.

If you were out working the fields all day, the grass and rushes are wet most of the time, so your shoes and socks are soaked. If you were wearing the Wellington your socks are wet with sweat.

So getting ready for bed we would leave our wet shoes and socks Close to the fireplace, the fire would have been raked for the night but the stones around it were still hot, so getting up in the morning we had dry shoes and socks.

So what does all of this to do with crickets?

The old story goes that if you happen to step on a cricket. Accidental of course, the rest of the Cricket family would put holes in your socks!