My mother told us, and I still believe this by the way, that if you make loud noises during a thunder storm, the thunder will get louder and louder. So, when we were little, depending on our mood we'd either be VERY quiet, or be as noisy as possible.
A childhood belief about thunder and lightning
others believed things like this
- My mother told me when I was young that thunder was from God bowling!— K.G.
- My mother always told me that thunder came from clouds colliding with each other.— Martijn
- I used to believe that when you turned up the volume on the T.V the people had to shout louder.— Tanana
- I used to think that when Dad turned the radio up in the car the artist was made to sing louder!!— Sparks
- I used to think that thunder was god bowling. My sister told me that.— Eli
- I remember being told that thunder was just God moving his/her furniture around.— kipperfeet