snakes afraid of rope. myth or fact?

Question

please list links to sources if you have any. I've found different web sites that say different things. Some say it's true. Some say it's just a myth. so which is it?

The story is, if you put rope in a circle around where you are, (like around a camp site or whatever) the snake won't cross the rope.

Answer 1

The Folktale about rope goes all the way back to when lariats were made from horse hair. These ropes had prickly hairs sticking up from the twist. Somewhere along the way somebody grabbed a horse hair lariat and said,"This damn things so prickly a snake wouldn't crawl over it." That's how I heard it 60 years ago and that's what I'm telling you.

Answer 2

I wish someone would tell that to the snakes in Mississippi and Texas, because apparently they weren't aware of this information.
My son says whoever said this was never bitten by a snake at camp.( He's an attorney now & was 11 when he was bit by a black snake at Boy Scout Camp.)
I think it's a Myth.

Answer 3

I don't know that they are afraid of it, but it is possible that it irritates their underbellies, or something like that.

I was told by an old cowboy that if you put your lariat (not just any old rope, but your lariat) in a circle, and you lay your sleeping bag in that circle, snakes won't crawl over the lariat.

I don't know how true that is, though.

Answer 4

problematic task. look into google or bing. that will help!