This is from a book called "Aggravating Ladies," which is not a misogynist diatribe but rather an essay by a very exasperated bibliographer on how difficult it is to identify the authors of the many, many 19th century books attributed to "A Lady" https://archive.org/details/cu31924029553736/page/n5/mode/2up
I unfortunately missed most of the show but the next 17 year cicada + 13 year cicada + 11 year solar maximum combo is right around the corner in the year AD 4455
Nobody knows what happens when a 17 year cicada sees the aurora borealis but scientists agree it probably won't make them become ten feet long and immortal
Had a dream that someone was explaining to me that the word “vernal” just means “double”; ie the vernal equinox is just the second one of the year (a “double” of the one in spring), and the once-common phrase “vernal swamp” (“double swamp”) referred to the fact that the air was as wet as the water; “reverse” = “double back,” etc. None of this is true btw