= DADDY-LONG-LEGS (the cranefly, and long-legged spider).
1796. Morse, Amer. Geog., I. 226. Father Long Legs, Phalangium. Several species.
1808. Sporting Mag., XXXI. Jan., 169/1. The general routine of teaching the art of screaming is, to give Miss a few elementary lessons with a spider, or a father-long-legs, placed first on her arm, and next, if she can go through that lesson with a pretty squall, the creeping intruder is placed on her bosom.
1856. Miss Yonge, Daisy Chain, II. xxii. (1879), 600. Mary climbs like a cow, and Ethel like a father-long-legs.
