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seventh year. Not until seven years have passed can it come to
light again, and it is useless to dig in a place where thunder has
struck, in the hope of finding the stone, for each time the spade
is put in the ground the stone sinks down a corresponding
distance and cannot be found before the seven prescribed years
have passed [c]. Many wonderful qualities are attributed to such
thunderstones. A piece of one, pounded fine in a stone mortar,
is regarded as a remedy for rheumatism [d], A thunderbolt,
laid in a heap of flour, makes the flour last longer and frightens
away rats [<?] : RlETZ, Svenskt dialektlexikon, from Nerike.
a. Both flint axes and pierced axes are regarded as thunder-
bolts : Sodra Tjust division (Smaland): recorded by T. Hj.
Cullberg, 1891 [communicated by Dr N. E. Hammarstedt,
Stockholm],—Stone axe: Edsberg (Nerike) : Fornvannen, 1906,
p. 236, No. 12834. Stone axe and whorl : Refteled (Smaland):
ib. p. 270, No. 12953.
b. Cf. MONTELIUS, Sveriges forntid, p. 160, from Gotland.
c. Gotland, see b. Oskpilen, i.e. the thunder-arrow, comes to
the surface seven or nine years after “the thunder has struck”:
district of Nyland : Nyland, IV. p. 106. Nuckd and Vorms :
RUSSWURM, Eibofolke, II. p. 248.
d. Pieces of the thunderstone are pounded and used for
cattle diseases : Blekinge: MONTELIUS, Sveriges forntid, p. 161 ;
cf. G. A. AldJsN, I Getapulien {i.e. Smaland), pp. 124 and 143
(cited by FEILBERG, Jysk ordbog, under stenredskab); the stone
is used in various ways to make the cattle thrive {e.g. placed over
the stable door; or pounded and given as a preventive against
disease ; inflamed udders are also stroked with it) : Sodra Tjust
division (Smaland, see a). Laid in the watering trough: isles
off Esthonia : RUSSWURM, Eibofolke, II. p. 249.
e. Flint knife kept in the granary : Vermland : LlGNELL,
Beskrifning ofver grefskapet Dal, I. p. 65 (cited by MONTELIUS,
loc. citl). In the corn bag or corn bin : district of Nyland :
Nyland, IV. pp. 77 and 106. In sowing: isles off Esthonia:
RUSSWURM, Eibofolke, II. p. 249. Hung in the brewing vat “ to
prevent the trolls from spoiling the brew”: Gotland:
MONTELIUS, Sveriges forntid, p. 160; put in the beer
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seventh year. Not until seven years have passed can it come to
light again, and it is useless to dig in a place where thunder has
struck, in the hope of finding the stone, for each time the spade
is put in the ground the stone sinks down a corresponding
distance and cannot be found before the seven prescribed years
have passed [c]. Many wonderful qualities are attributed to such
thunderstones. A piece of one, pounded fine in a stone mortar,
is regarded as a remedy for rheumatism [d], A thunderbolt,
laid in a heap of flour, makes the flour last longer and frightens
away rats [<?] : RlETZ, Svenskt dialektlexikon, from Nerike.
a. Both flint axes and pierced axes are regarded as thunder-
bolts : Sodra Tjust division (Smaland): recorded by T. Hj.
Cullberg, 1891 [communicated by Dr N. E. Hammarstedt,
Stockholm],—Stone axe: Edsberg (Nerike) : Fornvannen, 1906,
p. 236, No. 12834. Stone axe and whorl : Refteled (Smaland):
ib. p. 270, No. 12953.
b. Cf. MONTELIUS, Sveriges forntid, p. 160, from Gotland.
c. Gotland, see b. Oskpilen, i.e. the thunder-arrow, comes to
the surface seven or nine years after “the thunder has struck”:
district of Nyland : Nyland, IV. p. 106. Nuckd and Vorms :
RUSSWURM, Eibofolke, II. p. 248.
d. Pieces of the thunderstone are pounded and used for
cattle diseases : Blekinge: MONTELIUS, Sveriges forntid, p. 161 ;
cf. G. A. AldJsN, I Getapulien {i.e. Smaland), pp. 124 and 143
(cited by FEILBERG, Jysk ordbog, under stenredskab); the stone
is used in various ways to make the cattle thrive {e.g. placed over
the stable door; or pounded and given as a preventive against
disease ; inflamed udders are also stroked with it) : Sodra Tjust
division (Smaland, see a). Laid in the watering trough: isles
off Esthonia : RUSSWURM, Eibofolke, II. p. 249.
e. Flint knife kept in the granary : Vermland : LlGNELL,
Beskrifning ofver grefskapet Dal, I. p. 65 (cited by MONTELIUS,
loc. citl). In the corn bag or corn bin : district of Nyland :
Nyland, IV. pp. 77 and 106. In sowing: isles off Esthonia:
RUSSWURM, Eibofolke, II. p. 249. Hung in the brewing vat “ to
prevent the trolls from spoiling the brew”: Gotland:
MONTELIUS, Sveriges forntid, p. 160; put in the beer