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Ignis Fatuus

A list of 69 words by vanishedone.

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The Earth's Anomalous Lightforms: 'The web is littered with folklore sites made by amateur researchers that contain lists of synonyms for the Will-o'-the-wisp. In most cases, citations and sources for these lists are not given, although Katherine Briggs's Encyclopaedia is possibly a source for many. The following list has been compiled mainly from these amateur web sources, with a sprinkling of names garnered from books and journals. These ought to be cleaned up and made into a table, with citation information added as laboriously and pedantically as possible, but for the time being the unadorned list itself will have to suffice.'

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  • ruzuzu commented on the list ignis-fatuus

    *favorited*

    I love hob-and-his-lanthorn.

    October 24, 2010

  • hernesheir commented on the list ignis-fatuus

    Meg-with-the-wad - H.G. Bohn. 1857. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English, Vol 1., p. 667.

    August 22, 2014