Useful Dates » Religious festivals

Tisha B’Av

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30th July

Jewish

St Peter’s Day

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29th – July

Warcop – Cumbria

Khordad Sal (Qadimi)

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26th July

Zoroastrian

St. James the Great Day

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25th July

Christian

Pioneer Day

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24th July

Mormon Christian

Haile Selassi’s birthday

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23rd July

Rastafari

Lailat at Miraj

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20th July

Islam

Saint Vladimir’s Day

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15th July

(Patron of Russian Catholics) – Orthodox Christian

St. Swithin’s Day (or St. Swithun’s Day)

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15th July

This is the day when tradition says that whatever the weather is like, it will continue like that for the next 40 days. This means everyone really hopes it won’t rain.There is an old rhyme about St Swithin’s Day that goes as follows:

St. Swithin’s day if thou dost rain
For forty days it will remain
St. Swithin’s day if thou be fair
For forty days ’twill rain na mair.

Statue of St Swithun in the Stavanger Cathedral

St Swithin (or Swithun) was the bishop of Winchester from 852 – 862, and when he died, at his own request was buried outside the cathedral where people could walk over him and the rain could pour on him.

In 971 it was decided to move his body to a shrine inside the cathedral, but on the day he was moved, it poured with rain and this is supposed to have been a sign of his displeasure.

You can read more traditional verses on my nursery rhyme website.

11th – St. Benedict Day

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