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THE THUNDERWEAPON
19. On taking up the floor in an old house in Nakskov,
Lolland, c. 1896, a flint axe was found lying there. People were
persuaded that it had been put there for superstitious reasons,
without, however, being able to tell exactly why. [Com-
municated in 1908 by Mr Hans Kjaer, assistant at the National
Museum.].
20. Ancient stone axes and belemnites protected the
house against lightning. Opager in Lolland. [Communicated in
1910, on the ground of a pupil’s statement, by Mr S. P. Nielsen,
college teacher at Haslev (D.F.S.).]
21. In the island of Bornholm the same belief was held
(viz. that the stroke of lightning was produced by the descent
of a flint axe); such a flint wedge is there called ejn
donnesten (a thunderstone). [J. Kamp, Folketroen (see No. 15),
p. 16, No. 63. Cf. No. 47.]
22. On the island of Langeland the polished flint wedges
are called “thundershots.” Every time the lightning strikes
it is believed that such a stone comes down. [J. KAMP, Folke-
troen (see No. 15), p. 16, No. 62.]
23. My grandmother always had a thunderbolt (i.e. a flint
axe) in her bed; it was her firm belief that it protected the
house against strokes of lightning, and in those parts many
shared the belief at that time (about 1830). Kragholm, near
Rudkjbbing, on the island of Langeland. [Communicated in
1909 by Mr Niels Skov, Slotsbjergby (D.F.S.).]
24. The common flint wedges are called thunderbolts, and
it is believed that such a thunderbolt falls at every stroke of
lightning. The district round Kvaerndrup, Funen. \_Skatte-
graveren, VII. No. 729.]. The same belief is recorded from
Vejstrup, district of Svendborg [communicated in 1909 by the
gardener Niels Fahle, of Vaerlose (D.F.S.)], and from Hillerslev,
district of Svendborg [communicated in 1909 by Mr F. V. Larsen,
land-steward (D.F.S.)].
25. The “Sebedeje”- or “ Spardeje ’’-stones (z>. fossilized
sea-urchins) were kept on the milk-shelves to get good cream
on the milk. In the same way, the small flint wedges,
called thunderstones, were kept on the dairy shelves to act
THE THUNDERWEAPON
19. On taking up the floor in an old house in Nakskov,
Lolland, c. 1896, a flint axe was found lying there. People were
persuaded that it had been put there for superstitious reasons,
without, however, being able to tell exactly why. [Com-
municated in 1908 by Mr Hans Kjaer, assistant at the National
Museum.].
20. Ancient stone axes and belemnites protected the
house against lightning. Opager in Lolland. [Communicated in
1910, on the ground of a pupil’s statement, by Mr S. P. Nielsen,
college teacher at Haslev (D.F.S.).]
21. In the island of Bornholm the same belief was held
(viz. that the stroke of lightning was produced by the descent
of a flint axe); such a flint wedge is there called ejn
donnesten (a thunderstone). [J. Kamp, Folketroen (see No. 15),
p. 16, No. 63. Cf. No. 47.]
22. On the island of Langeland the polished flint wedges
are called “thundershots.” Every time the lightning strikes
it is believed that such a stone comes down. [J. KAMP, Folke-
troen (see No. 15), p. 16, No. 62.]
23. My grandmother always had a thunderbolt (i.e. a flint
axe) in her bed; it was her firm belief that it protected the
house against strokes of lightning, and in those parts many
shared the belief at that time (about 1830). Kragholm, near
Rudkjbbing, on the island of Langeland. [Communicated in
1909 by Mr Niels Skov, Slotsbjergby (D.F.S.).]
24. The common flint wedges are called thunderbolts, and
it is believed that such a thunderbolt falls at every stroke of
lightning. The district round Kvaerndrup, Funen. \_Skatte-
graveren, VII. No. 729.]. The same belief is recorded from
Vejstrup, district of Svendborg [communicated in 1909 by the
gardener Niels Fahle, of Vaerlose (D.F.S.)], and from Hillerslev,
district of Svendborg [communicated in 1909 by Mr F. V. Larsen,
land-steward (D.F.S.)].
25. The “Sebedeje”- or “ Spardeje ’’-stones (z>. fossilized
sea-urchins) were kept on the milk-shelves to get good cream
on the milk. In the same way, the small flint wedges,
called thunderstones, were kept on the dairy shelves to act