RE: doodlebugs and roly-poly bugs

[Guest guest]

OK, thanks Janet !!!! So we just use the term inaccurately here !!!!!! Glad to know I wasn't imagining things !!!!!!! AND we are in the SOUTHERN U.S. !!!!!!!!!! The pill bug is the one we attached both names to !!!!!!! Thanks for clearing it up !!!!!!! Hugs, Randie

doodlebugs and roly-poly bugs

If the pictures below don't show up, refer to the following websitehugs,Janet... who's hubby says that a there is no such insect as a 'doodle bug'.... He says to tell y'all that a doodlebug is a 5th grader that doodles incessantly.http://www.antlionpit.com/faq.htmlWhat is a doodlebug?"Doodlebug" is the U.S. colloquial name for the larval form of the pit-digging varieties of antlions. In the southern U.S., the term "doodlebug" sometimes is used (less accurately) to describe two types of terrestrial isopods: sow bugs and pill bugs. The pill bug is colloquially known as a "roly-poly bug" because of its ability to roll up into a tight ball, just as an armadillo does when attacked.

Antlion("Doodlebug")

Sow bug

Pill bug("Roly-poly bug")

[Guest guest]

>>>Randie wrote:

OK, thanks Janet

!!!! So we just use the term inaccurately here !!!!!! Glad to know I

wasn't imagining things !!!!!!! AND we are in the SOUTHERN U.S.

!!!!!!!!!!

The article was OBVIOUSLY

written by some know-it-all Northener, huh Randie?! ;-)

hugs,

janet

[Guest guest]

AMEN !!!!!!!

ALSO ~~~~ what your hubby said about 5th gr doodlers ...... I do at times still when in meetings which are BORING !!!!!!!! Or when on the phone !!!!!!!!! So, it's not all 5th graders !!!!!!!!!! Thanks !!!!!!!!!! Enjoyed all of the photos you sent from retreat ~~ some of those meals definitely didn' look appetizing ~~~~~ especially when smelling barbeque and other things !!!!!! Y'all 'done' good though !!!!!!Hugs, Randie

Re: doodlebugs and roly-poly bugs

>>>Randie wrote: OK, thanks Janet !!!! So we just use the term inaccurately here !!!!!! Glad to know I wasn't imagining things !!!!!!! AND we are in the SOUTHERN U.S. !!!!!!!!!!The article was OBVIOUSLY written by some know-it-all Northener, huh Randie?! ;-) hugs,janet

[Guest guest]

Well I wasn't in the country, just didn't have money and definitely didn't have computers, cable, or video games! I We just played outside all of the time. I remember on rainy days I LOVED to play school! I always was the teacher. Those were such good times. Now kids are too high tech!

TOPS hugs, Ruth

[Guest guest]

The little "saying" for doodlebugs that I remember is:

Doodlebug, Doodlebug, come out of your hole -

Your house is on fire and your children are gone - -

You repeated this over and over as you circled their tunnel with a twig - - sometimes they would come out and sometimes they wouldn't!! But I remember spending many hours doing just that!

When you're a country kid, you have to make your own entertainment - we sure didn't have money for toys!

Clara

[Guest guest]

This was not the saying that I knew. "Your house is on fire" was part of it,but it rhymed and there were 4 or more lines. Wish I could remember it. I spent hours over doodle bug holes with a small stick.

Ann Clara Gleghorn wrote:

The little "saying" for doodlebugs that I remember is:

Doodlebug, Doodlebug, come out of your hole -

Your house is on fire and your children are gone - -

You repeated this over and over as you circled their tunnel with a twig - - sometimes they would come out and sometimes they wouldn't!! But I remember spending many hours doing just that!

When you're a country kid, you have to make your own entertainment - we sure didn't have money for toys!

Clara

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[Guest guest]

Oh dear! That's scary! I grew up in the city and I remember that saying!! My mom taught it to us LOL!!

Melody Moris, Leader

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the Place for ME!

-----Original Message-----From: TexasTOPS [mailto:TexasTOPS ] On Behalf Of Clara GleghornSent: Friday, October 28, 2005 10:48 AMTo: TexasTOPS Subject: Re: doodlebugs and roly-poly bugs

The little "saying" for doodlebugs that I remember is:

Doodlebug, Doodlebug, come out of your hole -

Your house is on fire and your children are gone - -

You repeated this over and over as you circled their tunnel with a twig - - sometimes they would come out and sometimes they wouldn't!! But I remember spending many hours doing just that!

When you're a country kid, you have to make your own entertainment - we sure didn't have money for toys!

Clara

[Guest guest]

the saying we use to say was

Doodlebug, doodlebug

come on out

your house is on fire

you'd better watch out.

Sandy

-- In TexasTOPS , Ann Baird <eannb98@y...> wrote:

>

> This was not the saying that I knew. " Your house is on fire " was

part of it,but it rhymed and there were 4 or more lines. Wish I could

remember it. I spent hours over doodle bug holes with a small stick.

> Ann

[Guest guest]

Janet...you are just gonna have all of us so edumacated that we won't know what to do with ourselves!!!!! my the things we learn on this loop...and they say we don't have a many varied talent and brain. I hope learning new things burns calories....We had FUN at retreat. HUGS, VernieHamilton & Feeser wrote:

*If the pictures below don't show up, refer to the following websitehugs,Janet... who's hubby says that a there is no such insect as a 'doodle bug'.... He says to tell y'all that a doodlebug is a 5th grader that doodles incessantly.http://www.antlionpit.com/faq.htmlWhat is a doodlebug?*"Doodlebug" is the U.S. colloquial name for the larval form of the pit-digging varieties of antlions. In the southern U.S., the term "doodlebug" sometimes is used (less accurately) to describe two types of terrestrial isopods: sow bugs and pill bugs. The pill bug is colloquially known as a "roly-poly bug" because of its ability to roll up into a tight ball, just as an armadillo does when attacked.Antlion ("doodlebug") Sow bug Pill bugAntlion("Doodlebug") Sow bug Pill bug("Roly-poly bug")

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