Nov 3, 2006 16:34
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English term
marsh paper
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Folklore
Unexplained phenomena
Marsh paper is a substance similar to charred paper or a muddy algae paste seen falling from the sky and allowing no explanation to its existence. it was first reported in the Balkans in 1867.
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4 | "papel de pântano" | Clauwolf |
4 | reference | airmailrpl |
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"papel de pântano"
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"In the year 1686, some workmen, who had been fetching water from a pond, seven German miles from Memel, on returning to their work, after dinner (during which there had been a snow storm) found the flat ground around the pond covered with a coal-black, leafy mass; and a person who lived near said he had seen it fall like flakes with the snow."
Some of these flake-like formations were as large as a table-top.
"The mass was damp and smelt disagreeably, like rotten seaweed, but, when dried, the smell went off.
"It tore fibrously like paper."
Classic explanation:
"Up from one place, and down in another."
But what went up, from one place, in a whirlwind? .....
Some flakes of marsh-paper were exhibited.
Their composition was chiefly of conifervæ.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/fort/damned/damn05.htm
Some of these flake-like formations were as large as a table-top.
"The mass was damp and smelt disagreeably, like rotten seaweed, but, when dried, the smell went off.
"It tore fibrously like paper."
Classic explanation:
"Up from one place, and down in another."
But what went up, from one place, in a whirlwind? .....
Some flakes of marsh-paper were exhibited.
Their composition was chiefly of conifervæ.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/fort/damned/damn05.htm
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