DCHP-3

swamp fire

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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marsh gas, methane, which at times burns in swampy areas; will-o'-the-wisp.

Quotations

1903
Like swamp-fire, it lured the imagination always on and on and on through the secret waterways of the uninhabited north.
1954
Behind them the swamp fire, like a gigantic Jack o'lantern, bumped and danced and ran around the sky, then finally, as it reached the ground, evaporated into the night air.