darning needle

Japanese: darning needle(英語表記)darningneedle
darning needle

…Children are not likely to become fascinated with dragonfly catching. Dragonflies are often considered to be ominous and creepy insects, and are also called darning needle, devil's darning needle, Teufelsnadel, aiguille du diable, and witch's needle. This comes from the superstition that dragonflies use their long tails as needles to sew up people's ears, or sew up children's lips if they lie or say something wrong.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "darning needle" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…子どもがトンボとりに夢中になることはないといってよい。トンボはむしろ不吉な,気味の悪い虫であるとされることが多く,その別名として,英語darning needle(〈かがり針〉の意)とか,同じく英語devil’s darning needle,ドイツ語Teufelsnadel,フランス語aiguille du diable(いずれも〈悪魔のかがり針〉の意)とか,英語witch’s needle(〈魔女の針〉の意)というのがある。これはトンボがその長いしっぽを針のように使って,人間の耳を縫いつけてしまうとか,子どもがうそをついたり,いけないことをいったりすると唇を縫ってしまうという俗信に由来する。…

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