St Swithin's Day

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is upon us and no rain yet in Kilkenny but it's only 40 minutes in.

'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.'

mike65

Does light drizzle count?

km79

forty days starting now for me so:rolleyes:

owenc

What is st swithins day? Is this another day like boxing day for yous have a different name?

Ilyushin76

owenc wrote: »

What is st swithins day? Is this another day like boxing day for yous have a different name?

:rolleyes:

owenc

John85 wrote: »

:rolleyes:

WHAT! I don't know what it is!!! I'm not lying.

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St Swithin's Day

Still no rain in KK but very grey and gloomy so not too far away I'd imagine.

I wonder if any of the real met heads can tell us if the superstition has any merit in it according to known records.

Micilin Muc

owenc wrote: »

What is st swithins day? Is this another day like boxing day for yous have a different name?

We used to have plenty of different names in Ireland for St. Swithin's Day, especially in Gaelic folklore. We had Lá Leabhóige in Donegal, Lá San Svaítín in Munster, Lá Fhéil tSin Suet in Conamara, Lá Fhéil Sím in Monaghan, Lá Fhéil Blinne in Omeath (6 July), Lá Molthua na Báistí Móire in Kilkenny, Lá Chaochta na gCnó, Lá Chaochta na gCrann, Lá Fhéil Sibhín, Lá San Bairtliméad (24 August).

Scottish and Welsh Gaelic have their own names too!

WolfeIRE

owenc wrote: »

What is st swithins day? Is this another day like boxing day for yous have a different name?

supposedly if Owen asks a silly question on St Swithin's Day, there will be another 40 days of silly questions

owenc

up for anything wrote: »

St Swithin's Day

Still no rain in KK but very grey and gloomy so not too far away I'd imagine.

I wonder if any of the real met heads can tell us if the superstition has any merit in it according to known records.

Its not well known because i've never heard that in my life.

up for anything

owenc wrote: »

Its not well known because i've never heard that in my life.

You lead a sheltered life.

Started to rain just now. Gutted, and apart from anything else my washing is saturated already.

thetonynator

owenc wrote: »

Its not well known because i've never heard that in my life.

If one person in the world hadn't heard of christmas, doesn't mean its not well known . . .

Daisy Steiner

Pouring here in Limerick County

owenc

up for anything wrote: »

You lead a sheltered life.

Started to rain just now. Gutted, and apart from anything else my washing is saturated already.

Yous are very big into your days thats why yous know it, we aren't thats why i don't know it.

Daisy Steiner

owenc wrote: »

Yous are very big into your days thats why yous know it, we aren't thats why i don't know it.

What the what?

WolfeIRE

nice timing for the day that's in it.

Clare County Council announced today that the hose pipe ban introduced three weeks ago in the Ennis, North Clare Electoral Areas and the Tulla and Kiltannon District Electoral Areas will end at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow, Friday 16th.
Water supply sources throughout the County have shown a modest recovery in recent days, and the unsettled weather is forecast to continue for the next few days

According to David Timlin, Director of Environmental and Water Services: “The Council urges all consumers to continue to save water and be prudent in its use. The overall situation for water supply has improved slightly. However we continue to ask all public water supply and group water scheme consumers to continue to minimise water usage. The Council appreciates the efforts made by everybody to reduce consumption to date”

owenc

WolfeIRE wrote: »

nice timing for the day that's in it.

Clare County Council announced today that the hose pipe ban introduced three weeks ago in the Ennis, North Clare Electoral Areas and the Tulla and Kiltannon District Electoral Areas will end at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow, Friday 16th.
Water supply sources throughout the County have shown a modest recovery in recent days, and the unsettled weather is forecast to continue for the next few days

According to David Timlin, Director of Environmental and Water Services: “The Council urges all consumers to continue to save water and be prudent in its use. The overall situation for water supply has improved slightly. However we continue to ask all public water supply and group water scheme consumers to continue to minimise water usage. The Council appreciates the efforts made by everybody to reduce consumption to date”

I thought we were the worst affected area!?! We aren't using no hosepipe ban!

WolfeIRE

owenc wrote: »

I thought we were the worst affected area!?! We aren't using no hosepipe ban!

antrim borough/county council obviously have additional water storage capacity than Clare coco

sdanseo

Owen you got abuuse more for your attitude of "awh is this another boxing day ye make up another name for" than anything else.

Lumi

owenc wrote: »

Yous are very big into your days thats why yous know it, we aren't thats why i don't know it.

You're dead right Owen - why should the good folk of Coleraine be concerned with St. Swithin and his paltry 40 days of rain! What with mudslides, fields filled up to the top with water( my personal favourite), avalanches, 15ft snowdrifts and wall to wall sunshine anything the good saint could throw at ye would only be chickenfeed!!

Domscard

Fionagus wrote: »

You're dead right Owen - why should the good folk of Coleraine be concerned with St. Swithin and his paltry 40 days of rain! What with mudslides, fields filled up to the top with water( my personal favourite), avalanches, 15ft snowdrifts and wall to wall sunshine anything the good saint could throw at ye would only be chickenfeed!!

With such a moveable feast of superlatives, what use would Coleraine have for St Swithin?
Never mind, Owen - you've lots of years in your life yet to come across these old sayings and prove them right or wrong for yourself (and for Coleraine).