My Grandfather used to tell me that when it thundered the angels in Heaven had knocked over their potatoe barrels and spilled out all the potatoes, and I always thought that that must be one humongous, gigantic barrel and a bunch of clumsy angels.
A childhood belief about thunder and lightning
others believed things like this
- that when it thunder'd it was angels rolling barrels around heaven.— daniel copeland calif,u.s.
- My older sister used to beleive that when it rained, the angels in heaven were having a spitting contest— Doblica W.
- I used to believe that when it thundered it was God moving the furniture around up in heaven!— Clare N.I.
- I used to believe that angels painted the sky.— Jessica
- My grandmother used to tell me that thunder was the angels bowling.— laf
- That the "glitter" in crispy snow was angels— HH