When we were kids in South Texas, we called them "locusts" for some reason. They were in large numbers and made quite a racket in the mesquite trees at dusk. One of our mischievous activities was to catch a cicada at night, tie a small firecracker to its back and turn it loose. It would fly away into the night for a short distance until it turned into a fireworks show. It was probably before my family got its first TV set in 1954, and thus we had to make up our own entertainment.
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