 | Poor Humphrey's calendar - 1828 - 60 Seiten
...Clare. SWITHIN. St. Swithin.s day, if thou dost rain, For forty days .twill rain again : " St. Swithin's day, if thou be fair, For forty days 'twill rain na mair :" These false and superstitious rules Are only held by vulgar fools. # MARGARET. If you.d do well,... | |
 | William Pulleyn - 1830 - 402 Seiten
...FORTY DAYS AFTER. " 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 na mair." In Brand's Popular Antiquities, there is a printed statement to the following purport : In the year... | |
 | Elizabeth Washington Wirt - 1832 - 338 Seiten
...Jilmanacfor the year 1697. 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 na mair. Hone's EDB 16. ConTolvulns, Convolvulus purpumts, St Eustathius, Patriarch of Antioch, AD 338. 17-... | |
 | Percy Society - 1841 - 476 Seiten
...worth a fly. CLXI. 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 na mair. CLXII. To make your candles last for aye, You wives and maids give ear-o ! To put 'em out 's the only... | |
 | Percy Society - 1841 - 468 Seiten
...worth a fly. CLXI. 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 na mair. CLXII. To make your candles last for aye, You wives and maids give ear-o ! To put 'em out 's the only... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1843 - 332 Seiten
...worth a fly. cc. 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 na mair. CC1. To make your candles last for aye, Your wives and maids give ear-o ! To put 'em out 's the only... | |
 | 1844 - 858 Seiten
...the other must. St. Swithin's dayf if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain : St. Swithin's day if thou be fair, For forty days 'twill rain na mair. No tempest good July, Lest corn come off blue by. • 11 June. f 15 July. PART ix. OOD harvests make... | |
 | Moses Aaron Richardson - 1844 - 436 Seiten
...the other must. St. Swithin's dayf if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain : St. Swithin's day if thou be fair, For forty days 'twill rain na mair. No tempest good July, Lest corn come off blue by. • 11 June. t 15 July. PART IX. i OOD harvests make... | |
 | 1846 - 266 Seiten
...!" PROVERBS. 68. 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 na mair. 69. To make your candles last for a', You wives and maids give ear-o ! To put 'em out 's the only way,... | |
 | 1846 - 300 Seiten
...CLASS—PROVERBS. LXX. 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 na mair. LXXI. To make your candles last for a', You wives and maids give ear-o ! To put 'em out's the only... | |
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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 na mair. 
