HEyHEY
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Mon Dec-20-04 01:23 AM
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I admit it....I hate Saint Swivens day! |
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Edited on Mon Dec-20-04 01:28 AM by HEyHEY
HATE IT!
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Mon Dec-20-04 01:24 AM
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1. Pardon my ignorance... |
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What the heck is Saint Swimmings Day?
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HEyHEY
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Mon Dec-20-04 01:26 AM
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Some 18th century British Holiday I think
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Mon Dec-20-04 01:27 AM
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3. Is it like Saint Swivven's day?? |
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"Kippers for breakfast, Aunt Helga?"
"Is it St. Swivven's Day, already?"
"Tis," replied Aunt Helga.
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Mon Dec-20-04 01:28 AM
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4. Don't know...I typed it in google...that's what came out |
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Mon Dec-20-04 01:32 AM
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5. Who the fuck is St. Showeveryouspellit |
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Mon Dec-20-04 01:33 AM
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Mon Dec-20-04 01:36 AM
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7. weird, you said it was a brit holiday |
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confirms what I already know about them, weird!
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Mon Dec-20-04 02:17 AM
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8. It's from the Simpson's, I think.... |
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Bart says, "Is it St. Swibben's (or Swivven's, or whatever) Day already?" in a British voice.
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Mon Dec-20-04 03:08 AM
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Like, from Henry V. The battle of Agincourt was on St. Swithin's Day.
Also, the title of the saddest song in the world, by Billy Bragg.
And, this, from a google search: "St. Swithin's Day is 15th July, a day on which people watch the weather for tradition says that what ever the weather is like on St. Swithin's Day, it will continue so for the next forty days."
Wow, learn something new everyday.
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Mon Dec-20-04 08:04 AM
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10. Swithin wanted to be buried in the outdoors |
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His request was ignored by the people and he was buried in the church-supposedly it rained until they move his body outside.
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Mon Dec-20-04 10:06 AM
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11. It is S. Swithin's Day |
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S. Swithin was a well-known and much admired Bishop of Winchester who died 2 July, 862; he requested to be buried where the sweet rain could fall on his grave (i.e., in the churchyard). By 971 he was a very popular saint, and so the authorities decided to move his body into a large shrine within the Cathedral. He was mightily peeved by this and made it rain for 40 days. The day on which they moved his body (15 July) became the Feast of the Translation of S. Swithin (several saints have feasts on the date where their relics were moved).
Legend has it that if it rains on S. Swithin's day, it will rain for the following 40 days (apparently he still has not completely got over it); this was pretty true this year and we had a crap summer as a result. Apparently there is some truth in the legend, in that if it is raining on 15th July the position of a depression over the Atlantic will give us bad weather.
The Battle of Agincourt was on S. Crispin's Day (it is actually the Feast of Ss. Crispin and Crispinian). This is actually one of the very few historical points which Shakespeare got right - e.g. Macbeth was actually a rather good King of Scots.
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