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What is the superstition associated with St. Swithin’s feast day?

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The superstition is that if it rains on St. Swithin’s feast day, it will rain for 40 days. A popular rhyme about the superstition is:

  • 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.