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Your Quotes for 15 July 2005 - Rain

Today is Saint Swithin's Day. On this day in 971 the remains of Swithun, the late Bishop of Winchester, were translated (moved) into the new cathedral. Many miraculous cures were reported and torrents of rain fell from the clouds that day. According to pious tradition, if it rains today it will continue to rain for 40 days. I hope that only applies to Winchester, we're expecting showers here today.

The way I see it, if you want a rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
     - Dolly Parton

The smell of rain is rich with life.
     - Estela Portillo Trambley

Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him.
     - Jean Paul Friedrich Richter

The next time it begins to rain, ... lie down on your belly, nestle your chin into the grass, and get a frog's-eye view of how raindrops fall.... The sight of hundreds of blades of grass bowing down and popping back up like piano keys strikes me as one of the merriest sights in the world.
     - Malcolm Margolin

Irrigation of the land with seawater desalinated by fusion power is ancient. It's called rain.
     - Michael McClary

You win a few, you lose a few. Some get rained out. But you got to dress for all of them.
     - Leroy "Satchel" Paige, 1906 - 1982

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