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Date Posted: 09:32:25 10/21/06 Sat
Author: River
Author Host/IP: qncyflhed01-pool0-a122.qncyfl.tds.net / 69.21.150.122
Subject: Re: Little Red Spider?
In reply to: Sarah 's message, "Little Red Spider?" on 21:01:02 10/20/06 Fri

>Ever since I can remember my mother has used the term
>"little red spider" to refer to when someone's making
>mischief or being a troublemaker, but no one else
>seems to have heard of that expression. My mother is
>from East Tennessee, and she heard it from her mother.
>We've asked other people from that area, but they
>don't know it, and unfortunately my grandmother has
>passed away so we can't ask her where she got it. I'm
>hoping you can solve the mystery of where it came
>from! Thanks.
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I've never heard it used as an expression in Florida. There are some reseaerchers in California that may shed some light on the "term".

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