11/25/2009

Maggot (ujimushi)

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Maggot (ujimushi)

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: All summer
***** Category: Animal


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Explanation

uji 蛆 (うじ) maggot
..... ujimushi 蛆虫(うじむし)
..... sashi さし
Made, Fliegenmade


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Maggot is the common name of the larval phase of development in insects of the order Diptera (flies).
Sometimes the word is used to denote the larval stage of any insects.
source : maggot.com

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Maggots are used for fishing bait and human therapy.

In North America, maggots have been used for years mainly as ice fishing bait; recently, however, anglers have started using them year round.

Certain live maggots have been employed since antiquity as an economical, safe and effective type of wound debridement.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !


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Worldwide use

Yemen

Screw worms, but they aren't really worms at all -
they're maggots.
Screw worms are the larvae of a kind of fly that lays eggs in the open wounds of cattle. When they hatch, the maggots feed on the animal's tissue, using sharp mandibles to tear at the flesh. Screw worms can kill cattle in 10 days if left untreated.

Heike Gewi

. Yemen Saijiki : screw worms  


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Things found on the way





Maggots eating people in hell

from the famous Hell Pictures
地獄絵図 Jigoku Ezu


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HAIKU


confused like a maggot
in a demolished toilet --
first day in High School

Sheillah Shikawa
Kenya Saijiki


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まつしろに花のごとくに蛆湧ける   
真っ白に
masshiro ni hana no gotoku ni uji wakeru 

all white
like cherry blossoms
the maggots gush out


Takayanagi Katsuhiro
髙柳克弘


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Related words

***** . ANIMALS in SUMMER
SAIJIKI



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1 comment:

Gabi Greve - Darumapedia said...

Legends Fukushima 福島県

gogatsu no sekku 五月の節句 Boy's Festival

For the seasonal Boy's Festival in May you have to eat yam (Dioscorea japonica) and bamboo shoots.
If you do not keep this custom, you will be turned into a 蛆 maggot.
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