Thunder was the angels shaking their blankets out. Rain was the fairies crying.
A childhood belief about thunder and lightning

others believed things like this
- My grandmother used to tell me that thunder was the angels bowling.— laf
- that when it thunder'd it was angels rolling barrels around heaven.— daniel copeland calif,u.s.
- I was told as a child that the sound of thunder was from angels bowling in the clouds.— Patty, NY
- I think lightning and thunder is caused by angels throwing temper tantrums Anon
- When i was little i believed that clouds were cotton candy that angels lived in and rain was angel tears— Missy
- I thought rain was made when God was crying, and wind when God blew on the earth because it was too hot.— Andy T