granddaddy-long-legs

Updated: May 26, 2025

Snakes always charmed birds; and there were mysterious powers of the air and forces of nature that a boy had to be on his guard against, just as a bird had to look out for snakes. You must not kill a granddaddy-long-legs, or a lady-bug; it was bad luck. My boy believed, or was afraid he believed, that "What you dream Monday morning before daylight Will come true before Saturday night,"

William Dean Howells - A Boy's Town