St. Swithin's Day
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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.
From Time Magazine Archive
St. Swithin's Day, if thou dost rain For forty days it will remain.
From Time Magazine Archive
On St. Swithin's Day alone, electric storms had started 200 fires in northern Idaho and western Montana.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Manhattan, in the first fortnight after St. Swithin's Day, rain fell eleven days.
From Time Magazine Archive
St. Swithin’s Day If I knew where I was going to die I wouldn’t go near the place.
From Voices from the Past by Bartlett, Paul Alexander
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