# HOORAY! HOORAY! It's Saint Swithin's Day! How do YOU celebrate?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 15, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-hooray-its-saint-swithins-day-how-do-you-celebrate/255268 "2004-07-15T15:54:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-hooray-its-saint-swithins-day-how-do-you-celebrate/255268/1 "2004-07-15T15:54:40Z")

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That most beloved of all holidays, Saint Swithin’s Day, has arrived!!!

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> 15 July. St Swithin’s Day. According to the weather today, the next 40 days will be fair or foul. Swithin, bishop of Winchester (d.862) was so humble he asked to be buried outside the cathedral where people might walk on his grave. An attempt to rebury him was abandoned when it precipitated 40 days of rain.

–from _Fortean Times_  
Which traditional St. Swithin’s Day dish does _your_ family serve? Roast Emu? Live crawdads? Buzzard a la cart? Raw Spam in blueberry sauce?

Do you still get out the family Bouncing Portzibie, and fiddle with it, as we all did when we were kids?

Post your St. Swithin’s Day traditions here! 😃

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**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-hooray-its-saint-swithins-day-how-do-you-celebrate/255268/2 "2004-07-15T16:05:59Z")

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I came to work. Later I’m going to go see “Anchorman,” and eat at Macaroni Grill.

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**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-hooray-its-saint-swithins-day-how-do-you-celebrate/255268/3 "2004-07-15T16:14:01Z")

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I vote we steal Professor Lotus’ chamber pot and hang it off the steeple, followed by de-bagging Bingham and running them up the flagpole.

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-hooray-its-saint-swithins-day-how-do-you-celebrate/255268/4 "2004-07-15T21:48:11Z")

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\<VICEROY FIZZLEBOTTOM\>

Aunt Helga is making kippers for breakfast, of course!

\</VICEROY FIZZLEBOTTOM\>

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-hooray-its-saint-swithins-day-how-do-you-celebrate/255268/5 "2004-07-15T21:52:57Z")

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Well, I was going to go and dig up some corpses, but we’ve already had a lot of rain. So I guess I’ll pass on doing anything special.