...for the forty days ensuing. ' St Swithin's Day, if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain : St Swithin's Day, if thou be fair, For forty days 'twill rain nae mair.' The explanation given by Brand in his Popular Antiquities of this saying — an explanation which has...

...the following lines, probably arose from the expression he used : — " Saint Swithin's Day, if thon dost rain, For forty days it will remain ; Saint Swithin's...husband's decease, she had ever lived the life of a true widow.' Elswitha had five children, Edward the Elder, Ethelwold, Ethelfleda, Ethelgitha, and Elswitha,...

...the forty days ensuing. " St. Swithin's Day, if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain ; St. Swithin's Day, if thou be fair, For forty days 'twill rain nae mair." The popular explanation of this superstition, as given by Brand, f is as follows : — "St. Swithin,...

...the forty days ensuing. " St. Swithin's Day, if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain ; St. Swithin's Day, if thou be fair, For forty days 'twill rain nae mair." Authoritative as seems the proverb, it is, however, quite certain that there is little or no reliance...

...days ensuing. " St. Swithin's Day, if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain ; St. Swithin-s Day, if thou be fair, For forty days 'twill rain nae mair." Authoritative as seems the proverb, it is, however, quite certain that there is little or no reliance...

...sufficiently well known St. Swithiii's day, if thou dost rail), For forty days it will remain ; St. Swithin's day, if thou be fair, For forty days 'twill rain nae uiair : and I need not more particularly allude to the legend concerning him — how the violation...

...hops, or there may be none. ST. SWITHIN'S day, if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain ; St. Swithin's day, if thou be fair, For forty days 'twill rain nae mair. Miscreant. — Originally a misbeliever ; one who did not believe the articles of the Catholic faith....

...Here are two of them : — St. Swithin's Day, if thon dost rain, For forty days it will remain ; St. Swithin's Day, if thou be fair. For forty days 'twill rain nae mair. Gay says : Now, if on St. Swithin's feast, the welkin hours, And every penthouse streams with hasty...

...sufficiently well known St. Swithin's day, if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain; St. Swithiu's day, if thou be fair, For forty days 'twill rain nae mair : and I need not more particularly allude to the legend concerning him — how the violation of his...

...amount of education : — " St. Swithin's Day, if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain : St. Swithin's Day, if thou be fair, For forty days 'twill rain nae mair." With respect to this superstition, Mr. Howard, the meteorologist, observes: — "The notion commonly...