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Crane
means long-shanks. (Welsh, gar, “the shanks,” whence
our gaiter and garter.) Garan is the long-shanked bird,
contracted into g'ran, crane; heron is another form of
the same word.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Crane from Infoplease:
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