 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | G. F. Northall - 1892 - 590 pagine
...fair, For forty days 'twill rain nee mair. — BJ. iv. ST. SWITHIN'S DAY. (15th July.) 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. — BD. i. 478. Or— If St. Swithin... | |
 | 1894 - 658 pagine
...very numerous. The legend of St. S within is an example that will occur to everyone : 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. St. Swithin, Bishop of Winchester,... | |
 | 1896 - 864 pagine
...nothing else about him — Bishop Swithin — the hero of the popular superstition. " St. Swithin's Day, if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain : St. Swithin's Day, if thou be fair, Kor forty days 'twill rain nae mair." join in the general prayer, "... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1897 - 320 pagine
...wives and maids give ear-o ! To put 'em out's the only way, Says honest John Boldero. 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. IF wishes were horses, Beggars... | |
 | 1898 - 150 pagine
...the Church was said to have been delayed for forty days by continual rain ; hence the rhyme: — 1 St. 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.' Dean Kitchin's ' Lectures on Early English History.'... | |
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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. 
