Are your worms biting?
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (323673)
Rockingham, Australia
June 16, 2022 8:23pm CST
MyLotter Eva James (@wolfgirl569 ) had to have a fasting test and mentioned how hungry she is. I asked if the worms were biting and wondered if that is another term that might have gone out of fashion. It means you are hungry and your tummy is making rumbling noises and waiting for some food to get to it. I guess in the olden days people had worms too which would make them inclined to eat more.
My friend has a worm farm and sometimes I ask her how her worms are. It always makes us laugh.
Other old terms that come to mind are having butterflies in your stomach when you are nervous and butterfly kisses. You give butterfly kisses when you put your face close to another’s (usually a child’s) and flutter your eyelashes against their cheek.
So how many of these terms have you heard?
The photo was taken by me of something that washed up on the beach at Cliff Head in Western Australia. I think it’s the casings of some sort of sea worms.
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@wolfgirl569 (93556)
• Marion, Ohio
17 Jun 22
Not sure I would want to see those worms. I hadnt heard the first one but know the butterfly ones
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@wolfgirl569 (93556)
• Marion, Ohio
17 Jun 22
@JudyEv My sister was the only one that ever got any. She couldnt be around the pigs when dad had them. She would get a certain type of worm from them.
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@JudyEv (323673)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Jun 22
@wolfgirl569 Oh wow. That seems strange.
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@DaddyEvil (137251)
• United States
17 Jun 22
I've never heard of worms biting but butterfly kisses I've heard of as well as butterflies in the tummy when we're nervous.
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@DaddyEvil (137251)
• United States
17 Jun 22
@JudyEv Yes, we do. Dad and mom used a lot of old fashioned sayings... Most of them I can't repeat on myLot.
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@GardenGerty (157050)
• United States
17 Jun 22
I had not heard of the worms biting one. I can see it maybe came to be when people did commonly have worms.
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@simplfred (20614)
• Philippines
17 Jun 22
I know the butterfly thing but the worm biting... We just say the the worm in your smomach is hungry, straight to the point...
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@simplfred (20614)
• Philippines
17 Jun 22
@JudyEv Yeah... I can see it's similarity indeed...
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@Beestring (13063)
• Hong Kong
17 Jun 22
I've only heard of butterflies in the stomach.
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@snowy22315 (168431)
• United States
17 Jun 22
Butterfly kisses are pretty common in terminology here worms biting is a new one.
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@RebeccasFarm (84402)
• Wheat Ridge, Colorado
17 Jun 22
Wow never seen anything like that Judy..excellent catch
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@RebeccasFarm (84402)
• Wheat Ridge, Colorado
18 Jun 22
@JudyEv I did love scouring the beach
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@Fleura (28941)
• United Kingdom
18 Jun 22
It's one of those stories that may be more myth than reality, although I know my Mum talked about it, and there are old adverts still around. I was looking for evidence online to back up my claim and I was rather shocked to find that in fact this idea is still a 'thing'! (see lower link).
@JudyEv
https://www.today.com/health/iowa-woman-tries-tapeworm-diet-prompts-doctor-warning-6C10935746
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@kobesbuddy (73903)
• East Tawas, Michigan
17 Jun 22
My daughter and I used to share butterfly kisses, with our eyelashes! lol I had worms as a child, was skin and bones. They treated me and I got healthy again.
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@kobesbuddy (73903)
• East Tawas, Michigan
18 Jun 22
@JudyEv I believe they were called pin-worms, very common in children.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8143)
• United States
17 Jun 22
I've never heard of worms biting but the other two I've experienced. One is sweet and one overwhelming.
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@JudyEv (323673)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Jun 22
@JimBo452020 And now you have gout, poor man.
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@BarBaraPrz (45226)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
17 Jun 22
Never heard the biting worms one but know the butterfly ones.
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@LindaOHio (153180)
• United States
17 Jun 22
I've never heard if the worms are biting! That's a new one on me. Have a great day.
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