St. Elmo's fires

English Noun en noun form St. Elmo's fires en St. Elmo's fire en 1881 J. Minshull Land, Sea and Sky, or, Wonders of Life and Nature 366 https://books.google.com/books?id=cxEEAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22st%20elmo's%20fires%22&pg=PA366#v=onepage&q=%22st%20elmo's%20fires%22&f=false As to its appearance upon the masts of ships, Forbin relates that in the year 1696, during a terribly stormy night, near the Balearic Isles, he saw no less than thirty St. Elmo's fires in different parts of the ship, one of them being on one of the sails of the mainmast. en 1907 Edwin J. Houston The wonder book of the atmosphere 291 https://books.google.com/books?id=fKQAAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22st%20elmo's%20fires%22&pg=PA291#v=onepage&q=%22st%20elmo's%20fires%22&f=false Referring to the superstition on the part of the sailors as regards the St. Elmo's fires, Lieutenant Bassett, in his book called "Legends and Superstitions of the Sea," says... en 1936 Napier Shaw Manual of Meteorology 32 https://books.google.com/books?id=PRZEBgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA32&dq=%22st%20elmo's%20fires%22&pg=PA32#v=onepage&q=%22st%20elmo's%20fires%22&f=false St. Elmo's fires are extremely frequent at the Pic du Midi on lightning-conductors.