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as a protection against strokes of lightning. North Funen.
[Christine Reimer, in Kvindernes Blad, February 22, 1900.]
26. At Sonderso, district of Odense, and the neigh-
bouring villages, the flint axes were commonly called thunder-
bolts. When an old house was pulled down in Sonderso a
flint axe was found lying under the roof on the top of the
oven. [Communicated in 1908 by Professor H. A. Nielsen.]
27. In my childhood, in the forties, I often heard thunder-
stones spoken of, and my parents kept one on the floor under
a chest. It was one of the common implements of the stone
age called flint wedges. It was thought that they fell down from
the sky when the thunder struck, and it was further believed
that when one of them was kept in the house the thunder would
not harm it. Since my childhood I have not heard thunder-
stones mentioned. Hojby, district of Odense. [Communicated
in 1909 by Mr Peder Nielsen, cottager of Hojby (D.F.S.).]
28. Implements of flint such as axes, knives, weapon-
points, etc., are called by the peasantry (in Aasted and Skjserum
parishes, Vendsyssel) by the singular name of thunderstones,
as they have most likely heard the name mentioned; they
believe that these flints, which are not common in these parts,
especially when of such a shape, have fallen down in thunder-
storms. [Account of December 19, 1808, from Dean S. ROST,
Antiqu. Annaler, Hi. p. 38.]
29. In my childhood’s home in Klaestrup (Jerslev parish,
district of Hjorring), about i860, we had a flint axe fixed
behind a lath near the rafters to act as a protection against
lightning.—A man living in Mellerup, in the same parish, kept
a number of stone axes, etc. One of the vicar’s sons wished
to buy them, but the woman, who was alone in the house, said,
“No; as long as we have them we need not insure our house
against fire.” [Communicated in 1910 by Miss Lovise Hansen,
of Dover (D.F.S.).]
29 a. In Karup parish, district of Hjorring, the ancient flint
implements were regarded as thunderstones that protected the
house against lightning. [Communicated in 1910 by Mr Mark
teacher, of Oster Hornum (D.F.S.).]
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as a protection against strokes of lightning. North Funen.
[Christine Reimer, in Kvindernes Blad, February 22, 1900.]
26. At Sonderso, district of Odense, and the neigh-
bouring villages, the flint axes were commonly called thunder-
bolts. When an old house was pulled down in Sonderso a
flint axe was found lying under the roof on the top of the
oven. [Communicated in 1908 by Professor H. A. Nielsen.]
27. In my childhood, in the forties, I often heard thunder-
stones spoken of, and my parents kept one on the floor under
a chest. It was one of the common implements of the stone
age called flint wedges. It was thought that they fell down from
the sky when the thunder struck, and it was further believed
that when one of them was kept in the house the thunder would
not harm it. Since my childhood I have not heard thunder-
stones mentioned. Hojby, district of Odense. [Communicated
in 1909 by Mr Peder Nielsen, cottager of Hojby (D.F.S.).]
28. Implements of flint such as axes, knives, weapon-
points, etc., are called by the peasantry (in Aasted and Skjserum
parishes, Vendsyssel) by the singular name of thunderstones,
as they have most likely heard the name mentioned; they
believe that these flints, which are not common in these parts,
especially when of such a shape, have fallen down in thunder-
storms. [Account of December 19, 1808, from Dean S. ROST,
Antiqu. Annaler, Hi. p. 38.]
29. In my childhood’s home in Klaestrup (Jerslev parish,
district of Hjorring), about i860, we had a flint axe fixed
behind a lath near the rafters to act as a protection against
lightning.—A man living in Mellerup, in the same parish, kept
a number of stone axes, etc. One of the vicar’s sons wished
to buy them, but the woman, who was alone in the house, said,
“No; as long as we have them we need not insure our house
against fire.” [Communicated in 1910 by Miss Lovise Hansen,
of Dover (D.F.S.).]
29 a. In Karup parish, district of Hjorring, the ancient flint
implements were regarded as thunderstones that protected the
house against lightning. [Communicated in 1910 by Mr Mark
teacher, of Oster Hornum (D.F.S.).]