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LIGHTNING

IN POLAND IT WAS A PRACTICE
TO BURY ANYONE WHO HAD BEEN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
NECK DEEP IN THE GROUND.
AND IT WOULD RELIEVE HIM.

Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER REMEMBERS THIS PRACTICE FROM HER CHILDHOOD
IN POLAND.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder
BELIEF -- Method of Curing

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