“When we were children, everything scared us. The harmless dragonfly, for example, was called 'the devil's darning needle.' The creature hovered all around us int he summertime, ready to sew up the ears and lips of disobedient children. To us, even a common snipe, owl, or bittern calling from the marsh, might be a voice from the other side.” FearChildhoodFairy TalesFairiesDragonfliesNewfoundland Book:Spirited Away: Fairy stories of old Newfoundland Source: Spirited Away: Fairy stories of old Newfoundland