Thursday, August 13, 2009
Snake Doctors
Who knew that while growing up in Henry County, we were told to call dragonflies “snake doctors”? It turns out that this tradition was limited to the mid southeastern states. The traditional name for them in Louisiana is “mosquito hawks” and in parts of the northeast, they are traditionally called “darning needles” Source- informal poll by Ray Harding.
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A friend from Gainsboro, TN says he always called dragonflies "Snake Helpers".
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