 | William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...Mr. Brand, from a memorandum by Mr. pouce : " I have heard these lines upon St. Swithih's day : — " 9 fearful spectacle, which stood the whole body of it together in view, for several hours toge ГайРог forty days Ч will rain na mair. Ben Jonson, in l< Every man out of bis nnrhour," has... | |
 | William Hone - Calendars - 1868 - 846 pages
...Nir. Brand, from a memorandum by Mr. Douce : " I have heard these lines upon St. Swithin's day : — " St. Swithin's day if thou dost rain, For forty days...: St. Swithin's day if thou be fair For forty days 't will rain na mair. Ben Jonson, in " Every man out of his humour," has a touch at almanac-wisdom,... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 882 pages
...Кг. Brand, from a memorandum by Mr. Douce : " I have heard these lines upon St. Swithin's day : — " St. Swithin's day if thou dost rain, For forty days...it will remain : St. Swithin's day if thou be fair Fur forty days 't will rain na mair. Ben Jonson, irt " Every man out of his humour," has a touch at... | |
 | William Carr - English language - 1828 - 384 pages
...to mare." Romt. of the Rose. '; That now na mare sycht of the land thay se." Douglas Virg. p. 127. " St. Swithin's day if thou dost rain For forty days...day if thou be fair For forty days t'will rain na maar." See Brand's Pop. Antiq. MAAR-OWER, Moreover. " Maar-ower ner that," moreover than that. MAAST,... | |
 | Poor Humphrey's calendar - 1828 - 60 pages
...to cool. 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 - London (England) - 1830 - 402 pages
...dear for his whistle !" IF IT RAINS ON ST. SWITHIN'S DAY, THERE WILL BE RAIN FOR FORTY DAYS AFTER. " St. Swithin's day if thou dost rain, For forty days...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... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1830 - 878 pages
...Mr. Brand, from a memorandum by Mr. Douce : " I have heard these lines upon St. Swithin's day :— " St. Swithin's day if thou dost rain, For forty days...: St. Swithin's day if thou be fair For forty days 't will rain na mair. Ben Jonson, in " Every man out of his humour," has a touch at almanac-wisdom,... | |
 | Elizabeth Washington Wirt - American literature - 1832 - 338 pages
...forty days after it will Or more, or less, some rain distill. Poor llniiin's Jilmanacfor the year 1697. St. Swithin's day, if thou dost rain, For forty days...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-... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Anecdotes - 1832 - 846 pages
...15th of July, there will be a continuous track of wet or dry weather for the forty days ensuing. ' St Swithin's Day, if thou dost rain, For forty days...Swithin's Day, if thou be fair, For forty days 'twill rain nae mair.' The explanation given by Brand in his Popular Antiquities of this saying — an explanation... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1835 - 876 pages
...by Mr. Douce : " I have heard these lines upon St. Swithin's day : — " St. Swithin's day if thon dost rain, For forty days it will remain : St. Swithin's day if thon be fair For forty days 't will rain na mair. rare ! good, good, good, good, good ! I thank my... | |
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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. 
