when i was around 8 years old my aunt told me that lightning is something which occurs when Mother Mary is very happy... because of which there used to be fire works. so lightning was actually supposed to be when they were fireworks
A childhood belief about thunder and lightning

others believed things like this
- I think thunder is the clouds fighting and bashing eachother and lightning is fire balls from the sun.— Crazy Cowgirl MADI
- I believed that lightning bugs were faeries....
::sigh:: I miss those enchanted years of my youth.— Andrea Sorenson - My Grama always told me that thunder was just God bowling and the lightning was when he got a strike!— Kim
- I was told that if your ever swore in church, as you walked out God would strike you with a bolt of lightning.— Lou
- I used to believe electricity came from lightning.Anon
- I used to believe that people could fly during thunder and lightning, because I dreamt this once— Minimania