[quote=@Crimmy]
You've ... never read Spiderwick, have you?
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I've never read them no, but doesn't Spiderwick deal with fairies, goblins and brownies? Salt has a very different connotation with them. There is an old legend that says that if you spill salt in front of a fairy they have to count all the grains immediately (this is related to the superstition about throwing salt over your shoulder if you spill it). In some works of literature this has evolved into fairies having an actual weakness against salt but I've never actually read Spiderwick so I don't know the context with which they use it.

When did we start talking about child soldiers?