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few no now w have faith in legend of st swithin july 15 Is IB ved in england us st lay day it to Is so called because of the legend connected with st swithin bishop of westminster and tutor to king alfred at ills his request lie was burled bulled in the churchyard of th the e abbey where passersby passers by might trend on ills grave and where the rain front from the lie eaves eave s might fall on it after ills his canonization in M A D it was re solved to remove ills his remains to the eb chancel ancel tile the customary burial place of the hi bishops shops and und july 15 was appointed for the ceremony but on that day and for forty days das thereafter st swithin to testify to his displeasure caused rain to full fall so HO heavily that the abandoned their design as heretical 11 and nd blasphemous from tills this legend arose the popular superstition ln in eng land that if rain lain falls on jaily jul 15 1 it will continue to do so fo for tile the doity dus days succeeding sutee Jing careful can ful records kept hept at Creen greenwich observatory fui for many ilo wever show tile the superstition lias has no foundation in fut fact kanas y v still stai |
