 | Winchester cathedral - 1881 - 128 pagine
...the inside of the Church was delayed for forty days by continual rain : hence the rhyme : — ' SL Swithun's day, if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain ; . St. Swithun's day, if thou be faire, For forty days 'twill raine nae maire. ' Gay writes : — ' If on St. Swithun's feast the welkin... | |
 | William Roper (Fellow of the Meteorological Society.) - 1883 - 50 pagine
...July be rainy weather, 'Twill rain more or less for four weeks together. — Bay, 1678. 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. — Scotch. How if on St. Swithin's... | |
 | 1900 - 850 pagine
...of the bodv of the saint was delaved fortv days by continual rain ; hence the rhyme: "St. Swithin's day, if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain; St. Swithin's day, if thou be faire. For forty days 'twill rain nae maire." Wulfstan, who may be trusted... | |
 | Cardiff Naturalists' Society - 1886 - 990 pagine
...his supposed influence on the weather, is Saint Swithin. The old proverb says : — " St. Swithin's Day, if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain ; St. Swithin's Day, if thou be fair, Foi forty days 'twil rain nae mair." According to the legend, Mr. Swithin... | |
 | William Smith (F.S.A.S.) - 1886 - 384 pagine
...this day were to be found villagers who had great faith iu the ancient quatrain : — 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 na mair. Gunpowder Plot Day (Nov. 5). The... | |
 | 1898 - 546 pagine
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 | William Hone - 1888 - 876 pagine
...a memorandum by Mr. Douce: " I have heard these lines upon St. Swithin's day : — " 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 Ч will rain na mair. Ben Jonson, in " Every man out of... | |
 | 1949 - 1012 pagine
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 | C. A. Montrésor - 1890 - 214 pagine
...following lines : — St. Swithin's clay, if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain ; St. Swithin's day, if thou be fair, For forty days 'twill rain na mair. St. Boniface is another English saint ; his original name was Winfred, and he was a native of Devonshire.... | |
 | 1892 - 828 pagine
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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 na mair. 
