The fallacy of the notion respecting the 40 days' rain that is supposed to follow a rainy St. Swithin's Day has been demonstrated by observations taken at Greenwich. They show that, not infrequently, the greatest number of rainy days, after St. Swithin's Day, have taken place when the loth of July was dry.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 139, 14 June 1934, Page 20
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