My Mom told me that if it thundered when the sun was out it meant the devil was beating his wife and if I stood behind a door I could hear him. I stood behind many a door but never heard the devil. I always wondered why anyone would marry the devil in the first place.
A childhood belief about thunder and lightning
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when it thundered, it meant the devil was beating his wife.— Carol
- I used to think that you could get a tan if you turned the oven on, opened the door and stood in front of it.Anon
- My mum told me that if you eat while you're on the toilet, you're feeding the devil! — Claire
- Grandmother told me if I whistled in the bathroom the devil would come get me because I was whistling for him.— Peanut @ Lake Tawakoni Tx
- My sisters told me, and I still believe, that the 'Hokey Pokey' is the Devil's song.— You shake it all about...
- I was told that if you dropped food on the floor, the devil kissed it. — Teresa