Ever since I was a little kid, I always heard that by Tzfardeah, after the Mitzrim hit the big frog (HAtzfrardeah), little frogs (crocodiles) came out of the big one’s mouth. Does anyone know where this comes from? Every mekor that I could find for this says that it gave birth – the gemara in Sanhedrin and the medresh both say וישרצו, which, as rashi in chulin points out means specifically giving birth, and the Zohar uses a lashon of וילודו, which is definitely giving birth as well. Even tough rashi just uses a lashon of ויצאו ממנה, he is just quoting the medresh, and I wouldn’t want to make up that he is being cholek and holds that they came out of the mouth from there. Anyone know where this comes from?
(As an aside, why is Rashi paskening like R’ Akiva from the gemara in Sanhedren, when the maskana (in particular lfi the Mharsha) is not like him?)
(It might just be an American meshugas – none of my Israeli or English friends have ever heard of such a thing)