# Chestnuts as spider bane

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chestnuts-as-spider-bane/115733>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 24, 2002, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chestnuts-as-spider-bane/115733 "2002-06-24T16:24:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![KarmaComa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@KarmaComa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarmaComa)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chestnuts-as-spider-bane/115733/1 "2002-06-24T16:24:11Z")

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I’ve heard that chestnuts, placed in the corners of a room, will keep spiders away. Is this true, and if so, why? ;j (happy orthodox jewish man? I thought it was a spider!)

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chestnuts-as-spider-bane/115733/2 "2002-06-25T03:29:06Z")

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FWIW (not taking a stand, just passing it along)…

[http://www.pharmacyconnects.com/content/phpost/1998/12-98/ppo129808.html](http://www.pharmacyconnects.com/content/phpost/1998/12-98/ppo129808.html)