Dozens of tadpoles are seen Friday morning, July 26, in a puddle in North Jay. According to Wikipedia, the name tadpole is from Middle English taddepol, made up of the elements tadde, ‘toad’, and pol, ‘head’. Similarly, pollywog / polliwog is from Middle English polwygle, made up of the same pol, ‘head’, and wiglen, ‘to wiggle’, it notes. Pam Harnden/Livermore Falls Advertiser

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