Seriousness Friday's Question of the week 15th July 2011 ..

GeoffC · 07-15-2011, 05:26 AM

Did you know, today is St. Swithin's Day, a day on which people watch the weather for tradition says that whatever the weather is like on St. Swithin's Day, it will continue so for the next forty days.

There is a weather-rhyme is well known throughout the British Isles since Elizabethan times.

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.

dost = does
thou = you
nae mair = no more.

Is it raining ?

TGS · 07-15-2011, 06:29 AM

It is here, but does St Swithin hold sway here?

DMB · 07-15-2011, 08:24 AM

I suppose it has to do with the fact that at this time of the year there are sometimes weather blocks over the UK with prolonged periods of high pressure bringing hot, sunny weather. If there is no block, it is a fair bet that the usual British pattern of waves of rain coming in from the west will maintain itself.

vivaldirules · 07-15-2011, 08:45 AM

Nay. Nary a drop, I'd say. Nowt.

poohbear_nc · 07-15-2011, 09:46 AM

I fear St. Swithin will verily apply to NC - fair today - and no rain expected for weeks to come.

HomeInMyShoes · 07-15-2011, 10:28 AM

Well, I'm going to have to pull out the iTouch and listen to Billy Bragg's ~St. Swithin's Day~ now.

Aurora W · 07-15-2011, 11:37 AM

It's already sprinkled once here this morning, and we have a 30% chance of rain for the rest of the day...but being as this is central Florida, that is our usual forecast for nearly every day until Thanksgiving.

07-15-2011, 05:26 AM	#1
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Friday's Question of the week 15th July 2011 .. Did you know, today is St. Swithin's Day, a day on which people watch the weather for tradition says that whatever the weather is like on St. Swithin's Day, it will continue so for the next forty days. There is a weather-rhyme is well known throughout the British Isles since Elizabethan times. 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. dost = does thou = you nae mair = no more. Is it raining ?

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07-15-2011, 06:29 AM	#2
TGS Country Member Posts: 9,058 Karma: 7676767 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Denmark Device: Liseuse: Irex DR800. PRS 505 in the house, and the missus has an iPad.	It is here, but does St Swithin hold sway here?

07-15-2011, 08:24 AM	#3
DMB Old Git Posts: 958 Karma: 1840790 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Switzerland (mostly) Device: Two kindle PWs wifi, kindle fire, iPad3 wifi	I suppose it has to do with the fact that at this time of the year there are sometimes weather blocks over the UK with prolonged periods of high pressure bringing hot, sunny weather. If there is no block, it is a fair bet that the usual British pattern of waves of rain coming in from the west will maintain itself.

07-15-2011, 08:45 AM	#4
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	Nay. Nary a drop, I'd say. Nowt.

07-15-2011, 09:46 AM	#5
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 64,228 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	I fear St. Swithin will verily apply to NC - fair today - and no rain expected for weeks to come.

07-15-2011, 10:28 AM	#6
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	Well, I'm going to have to pull out the iTouch and listen to Billy Bragg's ~St. Swithin's Day~ now.

07-15-2011, 11:37 AM	#7
Aurora W Addict Posts: 208 Karma: 2435146 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: back in the Midwest, USA Device: PRS-950, iPad, Nexus 7	It's already sprinkled once here this morning, and we have a 30% chance of rain for the rest of the day...but being as this is central Florida, that is our usual forecast for nearly every day until Thanksgiving.