A small light that seems to dance or flicker over a marsh or swamp at night:
| FOX FIRE | 154 |
| WILL-O-THE-WISP | 134 |
| JACK-O-LANTERN | 79 |
| ST. ELMO’S FIRE | 31 |
| SWAMP LIGHT | 31 |
| SWAMP GAS | 28 |
| NH | 25 |
| MARSH LIGHT | 18 |
| FIREFLY | 13 |
| MARSH GAS | 12 |
| SPOOK LIGHT | 11 |
| GHOST LIGHT | 9 |
| SWAMP FIRE | 9 |
| WITCH’S LIGHT | 9 |
| FIREFLIES | 8 |
| MIRAGE | 8 |
| FLYING SAUCER | 4 |
| JACK-O-MY-LANTERN | 4 |
| LIGHTNING BUGS | 4 |
| NR | 4 |
| FIREBALL | 3 |
| FLICKER | 3 |
| LIGHTNING BUG | 3 |
| MARSH FIRE | 3 |
| U.F.O. | 3 |
| WITCH LIGHT | 3 |
| FLASH | 2 |
| FLICKERING LIGHT | 2 |
| FOG LIGHT | 2 |
| GLOW | 2 |
| JACK-MA-LANTERN | 2 |
| PHOSPHOROUS LIGHT | 2 |
| REFLECTION | 2 |
| ST. ELMO’S LIGHT | 2 |
| SWAMP FOG | 2 |
| SWAMP GHOST | 2 |
| WEATHER LIGHT | 2 |
| BALL OF FIRE | 1 |
| BALL OF LIGHTNING BUGS | 1 |
| BALLS OF FIRE | 1 |
| BLINKER | 1 |
| BLINKER LIGHT | 1 |
| BOG | 1 |
| DANCING LIGHT | 1 |
| DEVIL’S LANTERN | 1 |
| EARTH LIGHT | 1 |
| EERIE GLOW | 1 |
| EERIE LIGHT | 1 |
| EERIE LIGHTS | 1 |
| FAIRY FLAME | 1 |
| FAIRY GLOW | 1 |
| FALSE LIGHT | 1 |
| FIRE WOOD | 1 |
| FIREBALLS | 1 |
| FIREBUG | 1 |
| FIREBUGS | 1 |
| FLARE | 1 |
| FLICKERING | 1 |
| FOG | 1 |
| FOOL’S LIGHT | 1 |
| FOX GLOW | 1 |
| GAS BALLS | 1 |
| GAS LIGHT | 1 |
| GHOST | 1 |
| GHOST-LAMP | 1 |
| GHOSTLY LIGHT | 1 |
| GHOST’S LIGHT | 1 |
| GHOSTY LIGHT | 1 |
| GRAVEYARD LIGHT | 1 |
| HANT | 1 |
| HANT HAVEN | 1 |
| HANT HEAVEN | 1 |
| HAUNTED | 1 |
| HAUNTED LIGHT | 1 |
| HAUNTED VALLEY | 1 |
| ILLUSION | 1 |
| JACK-IN-THE-LANTERN | 1 |
| JACK-O-MY-LIGHTER | 1 |
| JACOB’S LANTERN | 1 |
| LIGHTENING-WOOD | 1 |
| LIGHT-WOOD | 1 |
| LIKE FELSFAR | 1 |
| MARSH AIR | 1 |
| MINERAL LIGHTS | 1 |
| MIST MAIDEN DANCING | 1 |
| MONEY LIGHTS | 1 |
| MOON | 1 |
| MOON-GLOW | 1 |
| NIGHT LIGHT | 1 |
| OLD ROTTEN STUMP | 1 |
| PHOSPHORESCENCE | 1 |
| PHOSPHORESCENT | 1 |
| PHOSPHOROUS | 1 |
| PHOSPOROUS | 1 |
| PLAT EYE | 1 |
| SHADOWY | 1 |
| SPIRIT FIRE | 1 |
| SPIRITS | 1 |
| SPOOKS | 1 |
| SPOOKY | 1 |
| SWAMP ANGEL | 1 |
| SWAMP GLOW | 1 |
| SWAMP GOLD | 1 |
| SWAMP LIGHTENING | 1 |
| THERE’S TREASURE BURIED | 1 |
| TOKEN | 1 |
| TOKEN FER SOMETHING | 1 |
| WANDERING FIRE | 1 |
| WILL-O-THE-WHISP | 1 |
| WILL-O-WISP | 1 |
| WOODS FIRE | 1 |
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