瓢蟲喺人類文化當中形象普遍都係正面嘅:瓢蟲多數物種都係幫手保護植物嘅益蟲,廣受農夫同玩園藝嘅人歡迎[45];加上佢哋五顏六色噉又細細隻,令到唔少人都覺得佢哋好得意[46],鍾意影佢哋嘅相[47]。世界上仲有好多個地方嘅人傳統上都覺得瓢蟲係好運嘅象徵,例如係土耳其噉,土耳其文係嗌瓢蟲做 uğur böceği 嘅,呢個字字面上係行運蟲噉解,而喺多個地區-包括俄羅斯、意大利同土耳其-都有民間傳說話一旦有瓢蟲出現就要即刻許返個願,又或者話瓢蟲出現係願望成真嘅預兆[48]。
原版英文: Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home Your house is on fire and your children are gone All except one, and that's Little Anne For she has crept under the warming pan.
粵文意譯: 瓢蟲、瓢蟲、飛走飛返屋企, 你間屋著咗火你啲細路走嗮, (啲細路)冚唪唥走嗮,淨低一個,嗰個就係 Little Anne, 因為佢捐咗入個暖床器下面。
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