The expression "A feather in his cap" referred to an ancient custom among the people of Hungary. None but he who had killed a Turk was permitted to adorn himself in this fashion, or to "show the number of his slaine enemvs by the number of fethers in his cappe."
Harvest bugs are not bugs: they are mites—the microscopic larvae of a mite called the trombidium. The larva hatches from the egg during the middle months of summer, a six-legged, bloodthirsty creature, which, piercing the skin of its victim, draws blood and creates intense ioritatio" a
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 6, 8 January 1938, Page 10
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