St. Swithin's Day Weather Forecast Postcard

Here, in a humourous take on the British couplet concerning the weather on his feast day, St. Swithin appears in place of a modern meteorologist delivering the 40-day outlooks for mid-July to late August. On the left, he predicts rain; on the right, sunshine. + Image Credits (the Saint): Figure extracted from an antique image of St. Swithin of Winchester, a late 19th-century devotional print in chromoxylography, originally published by Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg, New York, and Cincinnati. From the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. + Image Credits (Other): The calendar page, the word “RAIN,” the duckling wearing boots with umbrella, and the smiling sun—all acquired via Pixabay. . + St. Swithin’s Feast: July 2; Translation of His Relics: July 15