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15-July-2008, 10:01 AM
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If it should rain today
According to this guy, it will rain for 40 days
Except this belief has never been born out by meterological records. St Swithun's day BUSTED
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15-July-2008, 02:44 PM
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As you know Sticks it always rains here, whether it St Swithun's day or not!
Just hope we have some good weather for a change.
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Last edited by chrissy; 15-July-2008 at 08:10 PM. Reason: spelling oops
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15-July-2008, 03:07 PM
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OP: It seems unlikely that it was Swithun himself who proposed it. For starters, he wouldn't have known that there would be St Swithun's day, or what day it would be, in his own lifetime. Also, since he lived at a time that the Julian calendar was used, there are pointless but amusing issues to be considered with regards to the calendar to be used for the purpose. The Wikipedia article you quote considers some more mundane objections, for example similar legends attached to several other saints with a variety of dates.
#2 What's "god weather"? Sounds like something to avoid.
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15-July-2008, 05:00 PM
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I came across this link, which details other items of Weather lore, some of which have scientific explanations as to how they work.
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15-July-2008, 05:02 PM
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It's odd--I grew up Catholic and never saw the "Swithun" spelling. Just "Swithin."
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16-July-2008, 06:07 AM
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It's been raining since Sunday.
We have a typhoon named Helen. For sure it will for the next couple of days , but not 40 days. 
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