 This Swithin was a saint, I trow, And Winchester's bishop also. Who in his time did many a feat, As popish legends do repeat: A woman having broke her eggs By stumbling at another's legs, For which she made a woful cry, St.  Maryland Weather Service - Page 488by MARYLAND-WEATHER SERVICE - 1907Full view - About this book
 | Almanacs, English - 1816 - 420 pages
...following lines, allusive to this day :— In this month is St. Swithin's-day ; On which, if that it rain, they say Full forty days after it will, Or more or less, some rain distil. This Swithin was a Saint, I trow, And Winchester's Bishop also, Who in his time did many a feat, As... | |
 | English essays - 1822 - 494 pages
...for 1697, are the following lines : — In this month is St. Swithin's day ; .On which, if that it rain, they say Full forty days after it will, Or more or less, some rain distil. This Swithin was a saint, I trow, And Winchester's bishop also. Who in his time did many a feat, As... | |
 | 1848 - 704 pages
...both quickens the processes of vegetation. " In this month is St. Swithin's day, On which if that it rain, they say Full forty days after it will, Or more or less, some rain distil. This Swithin was a saint, I trow, And Winchester's Bishop also, Who In his time did many a feat, As... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...following lines, allusive to this day : — In this month is St. Swithin's Day; On which, if that it rain, they say Full forty days after it will, Or more or less, some rain distil. This Swithin was a saint, I trow, And Winchester'* bishop also, Who in his time did many a feat, As... | |
 | William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...— " In this month is St. Swithin's day ; ' < »n which, if that it rain, they say * Caldca Legend. Full forty days after it will, Or more or less, some rain distill. This Swithin was a saint, I trow, And Winchester's bishop also. Who in his time did many a... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1826 - 892 pages
...lines : — " In this month is St. Swithin's day; On which, if that it rain, they say * Golden Legcod. Full forty days after it will, Or more or less, some rain distill. This Swithin was a saint, I trow, And Winchester's bishop also. Who in his time did many a... | |
 | William Pulleyn - London (England) - 1830 - 402 pages
...alluded to, is noticed in these lines : " In this month is St. Swithin's Jay ; On which, if that it rain, they say Full forty days after it will, Or more, or less, some rain distil. This Swithin, was a saint, I trow, And Winchester's hishop also. Who in his time did many a feat, As... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1830 - 878 pages
...:— " In this month is St. Swithin's day ; On which, if that it rain, they say • Golden legend. Full forty days after it will, Or more or less, some rain distill. This Swithin was a saint, I trow, And Winchester's bishop also. Who in his time did many a... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Anecdotes - 1832 - 846 pages
...alluded to in Poor Robin's Almanac for 1697 : ' In this month is St Swithin's Day, On which, if that it rain, they say, Full forty days after it will, Or more or leas, some rain distil. This Swithin was a saint, I trow, And Winchester's bishop also. Who in his... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1835 - 876 pages
...this month is St. Swithin's day ; On which, if that it rain, they say • Golden Legend. O.'.Ii 9io Full forty days after it will, Or more or less, some rain distil). This Swithin was a saint, I trow, And Winchester's bishop also. Who in his time diJ many a feat, As... | |
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