Vicar Carol writes.

 

Practicing Holiness

 

St Swithun’s day if thou dost rain,

For forty days it will remain

St Swithun’s day if thou be fair

For forty days ‘twill rain na mair

 

On the 15^th July, the church remembers a fairly well known Saint - St. Swithun.  We all know the folklore about St Swithun as the traditional rhyme tells us.  But what else do we know about him?  What's the true story?

 

Swithun was Bishop of Winchester in the ninth century, though...

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