St Swithin`s Day: Are we in for sunshine or weeks of rain?
(World News UK)

The UK could be in for 40 days of sunshine or 40 days of downpours, depending on how the day dawns on Wednesday, according to the folklore of St Swithin`s Day. The weather through the end of July and August is said to be determined by the whim of one of Britain`s medieval saints who is celebrated on July 15. St Swithin was a ninth century Anglo-Saxon bishop of Winchester and, according to legend, was tutor to a young King Alfred the Great....