[Ads-l] A regional term for the crane fly

[Wilson Gray]

"The crane fly, a winged insect which looks like a large [gigantic, IMO -
W] mosquito, is called a daddy longlegs in some parts of the world (such as
England) ..."

http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/longlegs.asp for the crane fly

It's also called a "daddy long-legs" in East Texas.

Well, by the colored, anyway.
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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
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