St Swithun’s Day is sort of a British Groundhog Day, only without the animal cruelty. Which means it doesn’t get near the press coverage. Supposedly, if it rains on July 15, there’ll be 40 days of rain.[sup]1[/sup] Someone needs to make a movie or something.
[sup]1[/sup] If it doesn’t rain on Swithun’s Day, they’ll still get 6 more weeks of rain, but they won’t be able to blame the saint for it.