[Vwoolf] Why did VW prefer "a earwig" in the proofs of To the Lighthouse?

[Edward Mendelson]

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... and the English Dialect Dictionary identifies "rillywig" as a word 
used in East Anglia to mean "earwig." Is it remotely possible that VW 
heard something like that in her ear when she wrote "earwig"?