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Whenever there was particular loud thunderstorm with plenty of
lightning I was always told that it was the devil beating his wife
for something she had done which in turn the downpour of rain that
came along with the thunder was the angels crying in sympathy for
the devil's wife.

Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; Aberdeen

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Angel
BELIEF -- Devil Demon
BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder

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