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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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