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Saint Swithun’s day, if thou be fair, for forty days it will remain; Saint Swithun’s day, if thou bring rain, for forty days it will remain — St. Swithun (or Swithin) was a bishop of Winchester. He died in 862 and his feast day is 15 July. The association of St. Swithun with persistent rain is at least as old as the early 14th century MS 27 in Emmanuel College, Cambridge (fo. 163;… … Proverbs new dictionary
