St Swithin's Day 15th July

[Atarah]

St Swithin's day falls on a Sunday this year - 15th July
Going off the weather we have been having, I thought St Swithin's day HAD ALREADY HAPPENED.

St Swithin's Day is the day that people traditionally keep an eye on the weather. This custom arose as, according to old folklore dating back to the Elizabethan times, whatever the weather is like on St Swithin's Day it will continue to be so for the next forty days.
St Swithin's Day Poem

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.

So if it rains on St Swithin's Day, you can expect to have rain for the next forty days. If it's fine and sunny this is what you can expect instead.

[jaysay]

Ya as I saw this on another web site, in the bible it rained for 40 days and 40 nights and was called a disaster, in Britain we call it Summer

[Eric]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Ya as I saw this on another web site, in the bible it rained for 40 days and 40 nights and was called a disaster, in Britain we call it Summer

You guys are lucky ... we are going thru the hottest summer on record. And very little rain. There is already a fire ban in this part of the province. The corn will soon start to suffer, although the winter wheat crop was good. The hay crop is way down this year; so, we can expect to pay more for dairy products and beef. And it looks like there will be no relief, and very little rain, until at least Labour Day

[Margaret Pilkington]

So that means the whole of the school holidays will be wet if it rains on St Swithins day.
I think I will see if I can get a bed on the psychiatric wing.

[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

So that means the whole of the school holidays will be wet if it rains on St Swithins day.
I think I will see if I can get a bed on the psychiatric wing.

Get your hypodemic nurdles out and sedate the little beggars.

[accyman]

as long as rhianna dosnt re-release umbrella song we may get a sniff at some sunshine.I swear the whole time that song was at number 1 it rained

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by accyman

as long as rhianna dosnt re-release umbrella song we may get a sniff at some sunshine.I swear the whole time that song was at number 1 it rained

Who's Rhianna

[accyman]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Who's Rhianna

a woman who won the american lotto the other year and paid for her own production of a song then bought enough coppies to get it to number one

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by accyman

a woman who won the american lotto the other year and paid for her own production of a song then bought enough coppies to get it to number one

Oh just another self important Yank then

[mobertol]

Originally Posted by Eric

You guys are lucky ... we are going thru the hottest summer on record. And very little rain. There is already a fire ban in this part of the province. The corn will soon start to suffer, although the winter wheat crop was good. The hay crop is way down this year; so, we can expect to pay more for dairy products and beef. And it looks like there will be no relief, and very little rain, until at least Labour Day

Same here Eric -we've just finished one heat wave after another -now Minos the Minotaur is up on it's way from Africa and we're due to go up to 42°C by all accounts next week! (Minos is an anti-cyclone BTW, Carontes has just passed off!)

Could do with some of that lovely British rain....

[accyman]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Oh just another self important Yank then

nah was only kidding mate shes actually got a good voice and pretty pleasing to the eye

[mobertol]

Originally Posted by accyman

nah was only kidding mate shes actually got a good voice and pretty pleasing to the eye

Do you mean the rihanna who sings with Coldplay on Princess of China? Great song - love it!! Am listening to it now

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by accyman

nah was only kidding mate shes actually got a good voice and pretty pleasing to the eye

Don't do modern day whining accyman that's why I probably didn't know her