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SUPERSTITION

{TO AVOID BEING STRUCK} DURING A THUNDERSTORM, IN
ENGLAND, IN THE EARLY 1900S, EVERYONE COVERED THEIR
SILVERWARE AND MIRRORS FOR FEAR OF BEING STRUCK BY
LIGHNING.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ENGLAND ; HARPER WOODS

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lightning Thunder

Date learned: 00001900S EARLY ; 03-09-1971

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