On 15th
July 1841 , a heavy thunderstorm over Derby
brought a shower of things very strange, as described in the Sheffield Patriot
newspaper:
Hundreds of small fishes and frogs in great abundance descended
with the torrents of rain. Some of the fish had very hard pointed spikes on
their backs and are commonly called sticklebacks. The frogs were from the size
of a horse bean to that of a garden bean; numbers of them came down alive, and
jumped away as fast as they could, but the bulk were killed by the fall on the
hard pavement. We have seen some alive today, which appear to enjoy themselves,
in a glass of water.
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