I used to think a female daddy-long-legs was called a "mummy-long-legs".
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- i used to beleve that the sun had thin long legs and followd me wherever i went..— Hege
- I thought the “Slippery When Wet” traffic sign was a car that had grown long bendy legs.Anon
- when i was little i always asked my mom if my aunt had ant legs or people legs.— kelly
- I used to believe that if I wet my legs in the sea I would become a mermaid.
— andrea - that pickles were octopus legsAnon
- i used to believe that when you did the splits your legs would fall off.Anon