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THE THUNDERWEAPON
30. The ancient flint axes were here formerly regarded as
thunderstones. [Communicated in 1908 by Mr J. Kr. Larsen,
Ulsted parish, Vendsyssel (D.F.S.).]
31. In Thy, district of Thisted, the various stone age
implements—and only these—were formerly called thunder-
stones. [Communicated in 1910 by Mr Andreassen, late teacher,
of Dover (D.F.S.).]
32. From a few persons in this parish (Snedsted, district
of Thisted) I have heard that thunderstones are the common
flint axes; but I have not been able to trace any superstition
whatever in connection with them. The fossilized sea-urchins,
which all over Thy are called “ pallikoer,” also pass for thunder-
stones ; they are still placed by some people in the stable
windows and over the stable doors, as, according to the belief
of old people, they are supposed to contribute to the health
of the cattle and to protect them against disease and accidents.
Here, however, I have not come across the belief which, I
remember, prevailed in my birthplace (Gunderup, near Aalborg);
there they were placed on the milk-shelves so that the milk
should not turn sour, and some placed them also in the churn
to get good butter. [Communicated in 1910 by Mr Ditlevsen,
teacher, of Elsted, near Snedsted (D.F.S.).]
32 a. The flint implements are called thunderstones by the
peasantry, and they believe that it is with such stones that the
lightning strikes....Seventeen years ago the lightning struck
a peat-house and set fire to it. Fortunately, the fire was
immediately extinguished ; but as the owners were not success-
ful in their careful search for the thunderstone, the supposed
cause of the fire, they feared a fresh outbreak. To keep a
thunderstone in the house was considered a guarantee against
lightning. Isle of Mors, in the district of Thisted. [C. SCHADE,
Beskrivelse over Oen Mors, Aalborg, 1811, p. 90.]
33. A crescent-shaped flint saw...was turned up by the
plough in the fields of Raakilde farm [in the district of Aalborg],
The wife of the peasant who found it believed that it was a
thunderstone, which could avert lightning and bring good luck
to the house. [The National Museum, No. MDCXXVIII. of the
year 1826; see Antiqu. Annaler, IV. p. 579.]
THE THUNDERWEAPON
30. The ancient flint axes were here formerly regarded as
thunderstones. [Communicated in 1908 by Mr J. Kr. Larsen,
Ulsted parish, Vendsyssel (D.F.S.).]
31. In Thy, district of Thisted, the various stone age
implements—and only these—were formerly called thunder-
stones. [Communicated in 1910 by Mr Andreassen, late teacher,
of Dover (D.F.S.).]
32. From a few persons in this parish (Snedsted, district
of Thisted) I have heard that thunderstones are the common
flint axes; but I have not been able to trace any superstition
whatever in connection with them. The fossilized sea-urchins,
which all over Thy are called “ pallikoer,” also pass for thunder-
stones ; they are still placed by some people in the stable
windows and over the stable doors, as, according to the belief
of old people, they are supposed to contribute to the health
of the cattle and to protect them against disease and accidents.
Here, however, I have not come across the belief which, I
remember, prevailed in my birthplace (Gunderup, near Aalborg);
there they were placed on the milk-shelves so that the milk
should not turn sour, and some placed them also in the churn
to get good butter. [Communicated in 1910 by Mr Ditlevsen,
teacher, of Elsted, near Snedsted (D.F.S.).]
32 a. The flint implements are called thunderstones by the
peasantry, and they believe that it is with such stones that the
lightning strikes....Seventeen years ago the lightning struck
a peat-house and set fire to it. Fortunately, the fire was
immediately extinguished ; but as the owners were not success-
ful in their careful search for the thunderstone, the supposed
cause of the fire, they feared a fresh outbreak. To keep a
thunderstone in the house was considered a guarantee against
lightning. Isle of Mors, in the district of Thisted. [C. SCHADE,
Beskrivelse over Oen Mors, Aalborg, 1811, p. 90.]
33. A crescent-shaped flint saw...was turned up by the
plough in the fields of Raakilde farm [in the district of Aalborg],
The wife of the peasant who found it believed that it was a
thunderstone, which could avert lightning and bring good luck
to the house. [The National Museum, No. MDCXXVIII. of the
year 1826; see Antiqu. Annaler, IV. p. 579.]