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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JPD3, post: 6879211, member: 116216&quot;]Couldn&#039;t find a coin depicting this Saint, but did find a Holy Medal.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1272697[/ATTACH]</p><p>The name of Swithun (sometimes spelled Swithin) is best known today for a British weather lore proverb, which says that if it rains on St. Swithun&#039;s day, 15 July, it will rain for 40 days:</p><p><i>&quot;St Swithun&#039;s day if thou dost rain</i></p><p><i>For forty days it will remain</i></p><p><i>St Swithun&#039;s day if thou be fair</i></p><p><i>For forty days &#039;twill rain nae mare&quot;.</i></p><p>A Buckinghamshire variation has: </p><p>&quot;<i>If on St Swithun&#039;s day it really pours, </i></p><p><i>You&#039;re better off to stay indoors&quot;.</i></p><p><i><img src="https://www.joinmychurch.com/images/church-pictures/thumb/320/church-picture-135288-1.webp" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><i>St. Swithun Church Littleham, Devon&nbsp; </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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