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woman answered that it was no good ; unless she had found
them herself they were of no use. The flint axe had been
found by her near an old willow, a short distance from the
house; the willow was split, and the woman believed that the
thunderstone she found there had been the cause. The stone
was in its place on the top of the four-post bedstead.—I know
that in several places in the country the so-called thunderstones
were either laid down under the floor or immured in the
chimney-fireplace, in order that they might act as a protection
against the striking of the thunder. Vordingborg country-
parish, district of Przesto. [Communicated in 1906 by Mr J.
Olsen, Maribo (D.F.S.).]
15. On the island of Bogo, in the district of Przesto, it was
the custom to immure thunderbolts (i.e. old flint axes) in the
walls of a new house. Thus the house was protected against
lightning. Or the thunderbolt might be placed under the bed.
This was also done in western Sealand....Sometimes the owner
of the house kept a similar thunderbolt in an out-of-the-way
place, eg. in the thatched roof. [J. KAMP, Folketroen, p. 15,
No. 61 (MS. in D.F.S.).]
16. An unpolished flint axe was found on September 28,
1868, in an old cobble-wall at Norrevestud, on the island of Mon.
The old man who brought it said that it was formerly believed
that when such a stone was built into the wall the house was
protected against thunder. [The National Museum, No. A 12863;
cf. Fr. Bojsen, Af Mons Historie, p. 141.]
17. About 1850, when I was a child, I was often sent out
in the fields, after a thunderstorm, by a servant from Kjeldby
vicarage (island of Mon) to look for thunderstones; by these were
meant flint wedges. [Communicated in 1909 by Mr C. Bagoe.]
18. The ancient flint axes were commonly called thunder-
bolts in Lolland, and it was said that one had been found
under a tree which had been struck by thunder. The flint
axes were generally kept on the top of the four-poster or under
the eaves; they were supposed to protect the house against
strokes of lightning. [Recollections of a sojourn, 1865-9: com-
municated in 1909 by Mr J. Fugl, Vordingborg (D.F.S.).]
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woman answered that it was no good ; unless she had found
them herself they were of no use. The flint axe had been
found by her near an old willow, a short distance from the
house; the willow was split, and the woman believed that the
thunderstone she found there had been the cause. The stone
was in its place on the top of the four-post bedstead.—I know
that in several places in the country the so-called thunderstones
were either laid down under the floor or immured in the
chimney-fireplace, in order that they might act as a protection
against the striking of the thunder. Vordingborg country-
parish, district of Przesto. [Communicated in 1906 by Mr J.
Olsen, Maribo (D.F.S.).]
15. On the island of Bogo, in the district of Przesto, it was
the custom to immure thunderbolts (i.e. old flint axes) in the
walls of a new house. Thus the house was protected against
lightning. Or the thunderbolt might be placed under the bed.
This was also done in western Sealand....Sometimes the owner
of the house kept a similar thunderbolt in an out-of-the-way
place, eg. in the thatched roof. [J. KAMP, Folketroen, p. 15,
No. 61 (MS. in D.F.S.).]
16. An unpolished flint axe was found on September 28,
1868, in an old cobble-wall at Norrevestud, on the island of Mon.
The old man who brought it said that it was formerly believed
that when such a stone was built into the wall the house was
protected against thunder. [The National Museum, No. A 12863;
cf. Fr. Bojsen, Af Mons Historie, p. 141.]
17. About 1850, when I was a child, I was often sent out
in the fields, after a thunderstorm, by a servant from Kjeldby
vicarage (island of Mon) to look for thunderstones; by these were
meant flint wedges. [Communicated in 1909 by Mr C. Bagoe.]
18. The ancient flint axes were commonly called thunder-
bolts in Lolland, and it was said that one had been found
under a tree which had been struck by thunder. The flint
axes were generally kept on the top of the four-poster or under
the eaves; they were supposed to protect the house against
strokes of lightning. [Recollections of a sojourn, 1865-9: com-
municated in 1909 by Mr J. Fugl, Vordingborg (D.F.S.).]