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SweetAss
15-07-2009, 10:43 AM
Saint Swithun (or Swithin[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swithun#cite_note-0)) (died 2 July 862 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/862)) was an early English (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England) Bishop of Winchester (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_of_Winchester), now best known for the popular British (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom) weather lore (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_lore) proverb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proverb) that if it rains on Saint Swithun's day, 15 July (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_15), it will rain for 40 days and 40 nights.




Swithun

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Saint Swithun http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Stavanger_Domkirke_-_StSvithun.jpg/200px-Stavanger_Domkirke_-_StSvithun.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stavanger_Domkirke_-_StSvithun.jpg)


Statue of Saint Swithun in the Stavanger Cathedral (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stavanger_Cathedral) Bishop (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop) Born c. 800, possibly Hampshire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampshire) Died 2 July 862, Winchester (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester), Hampshire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampshire) Venerated in Roman Catholic Church (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church); Anglican Communion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglicanism) Major shrine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine) Winchester Cathedral (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Cathedral). Parts survive in cathedral museum. Also modern replacement shrine. Feast (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_of_saints) 15 July Attributes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_symbology) bishop holding a bridge, broken eggs at his feet Patronage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patron_saint) Hampshire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampshire); Winchester (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester); Southwark (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwark); the weather (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather) Saint Swithun (or Swithin[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swithun#cite_note-0)) (died 2 July 862 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/862)) was an early English (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England) Bishop of Winchester (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_of_Winchester), now best known for the popular British (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom) weather lore (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_lore) proverb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proverb) that if it rains on Saint Swithun's day, 15 July (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_15), it will rain for 40 days and 40 nights.
St Swithun's day if thou dost rainFor forty days it will remainSt Swithun's day if thou be fairFor forty days 'twill rain na mair Swithun was buried out of doors, rather than in his cathedral (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Minster,_Winchester), apparently at his own request, so that "the sweet rain from heaven may fall upon my grave". In 971 it was decided to move his body to a new indoor shrine, and it is said that the ceremony was delayed by 40 days of torrential rain, a sign of Swithun's displeasure at the move.
A Buckinghamshire variation has
If on St Swithun's day it really poursYou're better off to stay indoors. Swithun is regarded as one of the saints to whom one should pray in the event of drought
__________________:cry::hopeless::crazy::you_crazy
MisterDuck
15-07-2009, 10:50 AM
reminds me of garry denkes posts
DIONYSUS
15-07-2009, 11:05 AM
you've said his name now, i give it 2 days before hhe's back on here! suprised he wasnt straight on here aftre the solstice tbh....
SweetAss
15-07-2009, 11:07 AM
reminds me of garry denkes posts

Im Denke Jr!!!!:you_crazy
joshd96320
15-07-2009, 11:10 AM
denke is on facebook occasionally i asked him why no pv but no reply

either way this thing is a load of bullshit :laugh_at:

mankind can not interfere to that extent with the forces of nature... especially dead mankind 8-)
DJCliffy
15-07-2009, 03:25 PM
Well seeing as Garry Denke has a new bird, i suspect instead of posting inane babble he's rocking the proverbial casbah!


GO DENKE, GET YOUR NUTS WET! raaa
p0ly
15-07-2009, 03:37 PM
denke has a new bird? wot wot, why haven't i heard about this?

BREAKING NEWS!!
DJCliffy
15-07-2009, 03:39 PM
Yeah man, saw on Bookspace that he's shacked up with a lady.
joshd96320
15-07-2009, 03:41 PM
WOW
p0ly
15-07-2009, 06:42 PM
Yeah man, saw on Bookspace that he's shacked up with a lady.

what is this bookspace u speak of?
DJCliffy
15-07-2009, 07:12 PM
Facebook.
DJCliffy
15-07-2009, 07:14 PM
Saint Swithun (or Swithin[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swithun#cite_note-0)) (died 2 July 862 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/862)) was an early English (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England) Bishop of Winchester (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_of_Winchester), now best known for the popular British (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom) weather lore (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_lore) proverb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proverb) that if it rains on Saint Swithun's day, 15 July (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_15), it will rain for 40 days and 40 nights.




Swithun

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Jump to: navigation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swithun#column-one), search (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swithun#searchInput)
For other persons of the same name, see Saint Swithun (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Swithun).
Saint Swithun [/URL][URL="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Stavanger_Domkirke_-_StSvithun.jpg/200px-Stavanger_Domkirke_-_StSvithun.jpg"]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Stavanger_Domkirke_-_StSvithun.jpg/200px-Stavanger_Domkirke_-_StSvithun.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stavanger_Domkirke_-_StSvithun.jpg)


Statue of Saint Swithun in the Stavanger Cathedral (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stavanger_Cathedral) Bishop (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop) Born c. 800, possibly Hampshire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampshire) Died 2 July 862, Winchester (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester), Hampshire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampshire) Venerated in Roman Catholic Church (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church); Anglican Communion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglicanism) Major shrine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine) Winchester Cathedral (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Cathedral). Parts survive in cathedral museum. Also modern replacement shrine. Feast (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_of_saints) 15 July Attributes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_symbology) bishop holding a bridge, broken eggs at his feet Patronage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patron_saint) Hampshire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampshire); Winchester (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester); Southwark (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwark); the weather (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather) Saint Swithun (or Swithin[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swithun#cite_note-0)) (died 2 July 862 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/862)) was an early English (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England) Bishop of Winchester (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_of_Winchester), now best known for the popular British (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom) weather lore (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_lore) proverb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proverb) that if it rains on Saint Swithun's day, 15 July (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_15), it will rain for 40 days and 40 nights.
St Swithun's day if thou dost rainFor forty days it will remainSt Swithun's day if thou be fairFor forty days 'twill rain na mair Swithun was buried out of doors, rather than in his cathedral (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Minster,_Winchester), apparently at his own request, so that "the sweet rain from heaven may fall upon my grave". In 971 it was decided to move his body to a new indoor shrine, and it is said that the ceremony was delayed by 40 days of torrential rain, a sign of Swithun's displeasure at the move.
A Buckinghamshire variation has
If on St Swithun's day it really poursYou're better off to stay indoors. Swithun is regarded as one of the saints to whom one should pray in the event of drought
__________________:cry::hopeless::crazy::you_crazy

It rained on and off today. Looked at the weather just now and it's gonna chuck it down next couple days. Someone needs to find this 'saint' and kick him in the scrotum.
joshd96320
15-07-2009, 07:37 PM
it doesnt specify where itll rain..
p0ly
15-07-2009, 08:08 PM
aha cliffy i see i see
spage
30-07-2009, 03:55 PM
Hmmmm, it's all superstition . . .
DJCliffy
30-07-2009, 04:35 PM
Or is it??? :crazy::crazy::crazy:
DaftFader
30-07-2009, 05:30 PM
you've said his name now, i give it 2 days before hhe's back on here! suprised he wasnt straight on here aftre the solstice tbh....
i think he is too embarised to come on here after he said the world would end this april just gone .. and we are all still here :laugh_at:
DaftFader
30-07-2009, 05:32 PM
it doesnt specify where itll rain..
this is true .. it probably rains every second of every day at some point some where in the world i am sure there is never a point when there are no rain clouds in the whole world droping rain at any one time ... i like your thinknig josh
joshd96320
30-07-2009, 05:37 PM
this is true .. it probably rains every second of every day at some point some where in the world i am sure there is never a point when there are no rain clouds in the whole world droping rain at any one time ... i like your thinknig josh

raaaraaaraaa
spage
06-08-2009, 02:17 PM
Also, rain has to stop geographically at some point. I remember when I was very young that I left my house on my little BMX and it was raining, but as a kid you don't care.

BUT I got to the end of my road and a bit and the rain was not there and it was a lot dryer if I recall. I actually rode back to my house for something and it was still raining.

I hope I am not lying, I am sure it happened that way.