226 COLIN CLOUT'S CALENDAR. 



Finally, I should much like to know whether stone 

 hatchets have anything to do with those places in Eng- 

 land which are still called after Thunor. There is a 

 Thundersfield in Surrey, a Thundersley in Essex, a 

 Thursfield in Staffordshire, a Thursby in Cumberland, 

 and a Thursford in Norfolk, all of which take their titles 

 from the Anglo-Saxon Thunor or the Danish Thor. 

 Near Thursley, in Surrey, is a Thunder Hill. Now, as 

 we see that the names of the fairies cling about those 

 places where stone arrows or elf-bolts are abundant, it 

 would be interesting to learn whether any large find of 

 stone hatchets has ever been discovered at any of these 

 towns or hills, or whether any long barrows occur in 

 their neighborhood. Of course it is possible that the 

 names may only be due to some old heathen temple or 

 meeting-place ; but it is also possible that they may be 

 due to actual visible tokens of Thunor's presence found 

 upon the spots in question. 



