The conkers thing is an old wives tale, but perhaps the spiders don't know that.
This. I know it doesn't work as some spiders ended up making a nest in the conkers I left by my window.
Maybe they actually benefit from them? 
The conkers thing is an old wives tale, but perhaps the spiders don't know that.
Maybe they actually benefit from them? 
Conkers.
Eat three and you'll be fine.

Whats wrong with spiders! I got brought up not to kill them, so we have a few roaming around. We used to have a huge one that would run across the front room and we named it Fred.
