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7% THE THUNDERWEAPON
50. In the parts round Logstor, in the district of Aalborg,
fossilized sea-urchins were regarded as thunderstones; they were
supposed to have fallen from the sky in thunderstorms and were
believed by some to act as a protection against lightning; they
were also laid next to the milk-dishes to prevent the milk from
turning sour. The belief in them still exists in many places at
the present day. [Communicated in 1909 by Rev. Soe Pedersen,
Ranum.] In Oster Hornum, district of Aalborg, echinites were
also regarded as thunderstones. [Communicated in 1910 by
Mr Mark, teacher, Oster Hornum (D.F.S.).]
51. Fossilized sea-urchins are called thunderstones in Fur,
and in other places, eg. in Sailing, “sebedsei’’-stones or “s’bediei”-
stones. In Fur, old people still cling to the belief that when
a thunderstone is laid in a place “where no one can set foot,” the
house is guarded against strokes of lightning. [Communicated in
1908 by Mr Η. P. Kristensen, board school teacher, Copenhagen.]
52. The only stones that pass for thunderstones in these
parts (North Sailing) are the fossilized sea-urchins, generally
called “Sepadeje”-stones. In Himmerland (the environs of
Logstor) in my childhood they were called “ pariko,” and the
general belief was that they fell down from the sky in thunder-
storms. [Communicated by Mr Krogh, teacher, Tendering, 1909.]
53. Fossilized sea-urchins were regarded as thunderstones.
The peasantry also called them Zebedee stones, more enlightened
people meteorolites, but all agreed that they fell down from the
sky. When they were kept in the house in an unfrequented
place, they protected the house against strokes of lightning; the
general custom was, I think, to hide them under the far side
of the bed. This we did in Norbaek, district of Viborg, about
30 years ago. [Communicated by Dr Villads Christensen, 1908.]
54. In my childhood, in the fifties, fossilized sea-urchins
were called thunderstones near Fussingo in the district of
Viborg. We believed that there was a diamond inside them.
[Communicated in 1909 by Mr Tryde, headmaster, Ronne.]
55. In the parts round Davbjerg and Monsted, in the district
of Viborg, people most frequently understood by thunderstones
fossilized sea-urchins, or more seldom, flint axes; in the latter
50. In the parts round Logstor, in the district of Aalborg,
fossilized sea-urchins were regarded as thunderstones; they were
supposed to have fallen from the sky in thunderstorms and were
believed by some to act as a protection against lightning; they
were also laid next to the milk-dishes to prevent the milk from
turning sour. The belief in them still exists in many places at
the present day. [Communicated in 1909 by Rev. Soe Pedersen,
Ranum.] In Oster Hornum, district of Aalborg, echinites were
also regarded as thunderstones. [Communicated in 1910 by
Mr Mark, teacher, Oster Hornum (D.F.S.).]
51. Fossilized sea-urchins are called thunderstones in Fur,
and in other places, eg. in Sailing, “sebedsei’’-stones or “s’bediei”-
stones. In Fur, old people still cling to the belief that when
a thunderstone is laid in a place “where no one can set foot,” the
house is guarded against strokes of lightning. [Communicated in
1908 by Mr Η. P. Kristensen, board school teacher, Copenhagen.]
52. The only stones that pass for thunderstones in these
parts (North Sailing) are the fossilized sea-urchins, generally
called “Sepadeje”-stones. In Himmerland (the environs of
Logstor) in my childhood they were called “ pariko,” and the
general belief was that they fell down from the sky in thunder-
storms. [Communicated by Mr Krogh, teacher, Tendering, 1909.]
53. Fossilized sea-urchins were regarded as thunderstones.
The peasantry also called them Zebedee stones, more enlightened
people meteorolites, but all agreed that they fell down from the
sky. When they were kept in the house in an unfrequented
place, they protected the house against strokes of lightning; the
general custom was, I think, to hide them under the far side
of the bed. This we did in Norbaek, district of Viborg, about
30 years ago. [Communicated by Dr Villads Christensen, 1908.]
54. In my childhood, in the fifties, fossilized sea-urchins
were called thunderstones near Fussingo in the district of
Viborg. We believed that there was a diamond inside them.
[Communicated in 1909 by Mr Tryde, headmaster, Ronne.]
55. In the parts round Davbjerg and Monsted, in the district
of Viborg, people most frequently understood by thunderstones
fossilized sea-urchins, or more seldom, flint axes; in the latter