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IN Mr. Rust's note in NATURE, vol. xxxvii. p. 583, there is mention of a superstition that milk alone can extinguish a fire kindled by lightning—a belief that existed in Cambridge-shire, and which is entertained by the Sudan Arabs.
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WICKRAMASINGHA, F. Milk v. Fire. Nature 38, 342 (1888). https://doi.org/10.1038/038342b0
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