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The new tablet of memory; or, Recorder of remarkable events, ...
The popular superstition connected with St. Swithin's Day is expressed in a
Scotch proverb :— " Saint Swithin's Day, gif ye do rain, For forty days it will remain
; Saint Swithin's Day, an ye be fair, For forty daies 'twill rain nae mair. " Mr.
Howard, in ...
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Medii Ævi Kalendarium Or, Dates, Charters, and Customs of ...
An old Scots proverb on St. Swithin's Day (July 15), prognosticates in nearly the
same manner: “ Saint Swithin's day, gif ye do rain, For 40 days it will remain .
Saint Swithin's day, an ye be fair, For 40 days 'twill rain na mair.” Ben Jonson
speaks ...
Robert Thomas Hampson, 1841
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Medii Ævi Kalendarium: Or, Dates, Charters, and Customs of ...
An old Scots proverb on St. Swithin's Day (July 15), prognosticates in nearly the
same manner : " Saint Swithin's day, gif ye do rain, For 40 days it will remain
Saint Swithin's day, an ye he fair, For 40 days 'twill rain na mair." Ben Jonson
speaks ...
Robert Thomas Hampson, 1841
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art
Martin, however, when he went in for wet, was more moderate than his
uncanonised brother Swithun, commonly called St. Swithin ; he, as every one
knows, is content with nothing under forty days : Saint Swithin's Day, gin ye do
rain, For forty ...
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American Quarterly Review
Saint Swithin's day, gif ye do rain For forty daies it will remain Saint Swithin's day,
an ye be fair For forty daies 'twill rain na mair.” So saith an old Scotch proverb. In
the time of old Ben, it was an ancient tradition,* and is asserted to have taken its ...
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The American Quarterly Review
Saint Swithin's day, gif ye do rain For forty daies it will remain Saint Swithin's day,
an ye be fair For forty daies 'twill rain na mair." So saith an old Scotch proverb. In
the time of old Ben, it was an ancient tradition,* and is asserted to have taken its ...
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Pope-Pourri: What You Don't Remember From Catholic School
Saint Swithin's Day (July 15). Another weather-predicting day. Reason: Saint
Swithin wanted to be buried in a church cemetery so that "the sweet rain of
heaven might fall upon his grave," but his fellow monks interred him in a
cathedral instead ...
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A Book of Feasts and Seasons
Saint Swithin 's Day, if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain: Saint Swithin's
Day, if thou be fair, For forty days t'will rain no mair. St Swithin lived in the ninth
century, when England was divided into seven different kingdoms. He was a
close ...
If Candlemass day be wet and foul, The half o' winter's gane at Yule.1 Another
Scotch proverb refers distinctly to the "forty days." Saint Swithin's day, gin ye do
rain, For forty days it will remain ; Saint Swithin's day, an ye be fair, For forty days '
t ...
If Oandlemass day be wet and foul, The half o' winter's gane at Yule! Another
Scotch proverb refers distinctly to the “forty days.” Saint Swithin's day, gin ye do
rain, For forty days it will remain; Saint Swithin's day, an ye be fair, For forty days 't
will ...
