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There are 4 messages totalling 93 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. snake doctors and such

 2. warp speed

 3. monkey blood in L.A.

 4. Next Methods Conference



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Date:  Mon, 14 Aug 1995 08:15:29 -0700

From:  Allen Maberry <maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]U.WASHINGTON.EDU>

Subject: Re: snake doctors and such



The term mole cricket seems to have had a fairly wide distribution.



"mole cricket: burrowing insect of the genus *Gryllotalpa* [1714-]

1854 *Agric N.Y.* v. 143: From the construction of the forelegs ... and

the use to which they are applied, the species has received the name of

mole cricket. 1861 *Ill. Agric. Soc. Trans.* v.441: The common mole

cricket ... is probably found here.



Dictionary of American English (U of Chicago, 1942, repr. 1959) v.3, p. 1538



Allen

maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]u.washington.edu



On Fri, 11 Aug 1995, tom creswell wrote:



> When I read Terry Lynn Irons' message, I happened to be about to confer with

> Virginia McDavid about some work we are doing.  She was kind enough

> to consult her photocopied records and provide the following information.

>

> "In North Central Record 184.1 from Leslie City, Ky, the difficult-to-read entry is

> _mole cricket_. It is not a lexical variant of _devil's darning needle_. It is the

> name of another creature

>

> "A _devil's horse_ is a big glack grasshopper with red wings. It is not a dragon-

> fly."

>

> Hope this information will be helpful.

>

> Tom Creswell

>