I’ve lived in a few places around the UK and I have never, ever heard of a “cheesy bug”.
Bed pisser is just mean.
They were Potato Bugs or Ball Bugs for me as a kid, until I heard Roly-poly from a kid at summer camp.
That right there’s a Chucky Pig
The theory that children get to name these things makes sense.
Did the Dutch confuse them for dandelions?
There is some etymological debate on the subject. Some sources say they were ground to a paste and administered for diuretic effect, the same as the flower.
However it’s not a common bit of knowledge or myth, so some etymologists say that the weird has formed in Dutch separately to French.
I know some fancy restaurants have served them as miniature backyard shrimp.
German is not quite correct. We say “Kellerassel”.
Keller -> Cellar
Assel -> IsopodRoly polys or get the fk out! /s
I love these Lil dudes. I have some in the basement and I feel bad to see them scurry around to find darkness whenever a light is turned on. They are my spirit animal.
Does the pissebed eat pissenlits?
