E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Locusts.
(For food.)
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“The bushmen [says Captain Stockenston] consider locusts a great luxury, consuming great quantities fresh, and drying abundance for future emergencies.” “They are eaten [says Thomas Bayne] in like manner by the Arabs of the Desert, and by other nomadic tribes in the East.”
