I used to beleive that Lightening was the angels fliping the light switch on and off, and the Thunder was God yelling at them not too, like my Dad did to me.
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
- Thunder was the angels shaking their blankets out. Rain was the fairies crying.— wolfie
- I think lightning and thunder is caused by angels throwing temper tantrums Anon
- My older sister used to beleive that when it rained, the angels in heaven were having a spitting contest— Doblica W.