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The Origin of the Butterfly
The origin of the butterfly linguistically, is a little bit elusive. People still subscribe to an old wife's tale that butterflies love to land on butter. But apparently they're attracted to butter and that may have given them their name. Many common butterflies have pale yellow wings, just like butter i always thought it was because it was a variant on flutter by,. I know because it gros. Theyre not als a by wend. What is they deaaling by but a butterfly? No, it's gorgeous. It's been counted by the o e d. That also, even less romantically, introduces the idea that butterfly poo is kind of yellow coloured. Ah
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