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

Joel Berson berson at ATT.NET
Sun Apr 17 14:01:47 UTC 2016


At least I did mention the Daddy Long Legs of the (1955) film adaptation, Fred Astaire.

Joel


      From: James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at NETSCAPE.COM>
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned:

Jean Webster  _Daddy-Long-Legs_ New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1912

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