A small light that seems to dance or flicker over a marsh or swamp at night:
| LIGHTNING BUGS | 2 |
| SWAMP GAS | 2 |
| FIREFLY | 1 |
| GHOST LIGHT | 1 |
| “MARSH-LIGHT, WISP” | 1 |
| SPOOK LIGHT | 1 |
| ST. ELMOS FIRE | 1 |
| WILL-O’-THE-WISP | 1 |
| WILL-O-WISP | 1 |
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