Happy St Swithin's day!

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:23

Enjoy your 40 days of rain.

metalangel · **Posted:** Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:20

Kippers for breakfast, Aunt Helllllllllllga?

YOG · **Posted:** Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:25

The weather's actually fantastic here in the Waltonian Kingdoms. The sun's out, but it isn't so hot as to reduce me to a gasping, sweating, lightheaded mess, as it normally does. If it stays like this for 40 days, I'll be quite happy, as I was giving serious consideration to fucking off to Siberia and becoming an awesome hermit.

sinister agent · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 7046

A rare day of rejoicing for everyone whose parents named them Swithin.

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Jul 15, 2010 22:29

I just found out that today is St Swithin's Day. So, belated soggy greetings for it.

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Jul 15, 2010 22:35

As if you found this thread...

sinister agent · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 7046

A rare day of rejoicing for everyone whose parents et cetera.

Kern · **Posted:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 19:07

No rain in Oxford today. If it pisses it down in the next 40 days, we can all agree that it's nothing more than superstition.

Pod · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2568

What's St Swithin's day?

It's raining quite hard, or was, here in Hetfordshire.

Kern · **Posted:** Sat Jul 16, 2011 13:41

The feast day of St Swithin, natch.

There's an old myth that if it rains on St Swithin's day, it'll rain non-stop for the next 40 days. I doubt there's much science behind it.

sinister agent · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 7046

A rare day of rejoicing for et cetera.

YOG · **Posted:** Mon Jul 18, 2011 8:55

Chuffing hell, it's looking like there might actually be 40 days of rain. The wind has destroyed my birdbox, too.

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