My mum always told me that during a storm, when there was thunder and lightening, that it was the angels cleaning up. The rumbles were when they were moving the tables and chairs to clean underneath - nice thought really!
A childhood belief about thunder and lightning
others believed things like this
- when i was young i was told that thunder represented god moving the chairs about— lips
- I was told as a child that the sound of thunder was from angels bowling in the clouds.— Patty, NY
- I remember being told that thunder was just God moving his/her furniture around.— kipperfeet
- My grandmother used to tell me that thunder was the angels bowling.— laf
- When I was younger, I believed that times tables in maths were kids sitting at tables staring at clocks!Anon
- that when it thunder'd it was angels rolling barrels around heaven.— daniel copeland calif,u.s.