(John Ray, “A Collection of English Proverbs,” 2d ed., Cambridge, 1678.)
October 28. St. Simon and St. Jude:
Simon and Jude
All the ships on the sea home they do crowd.
Dost thou know her then?
Trap. As well as I know ’twill rain upon
Simon and Jude’s day next.
(Middleton, “The Roaring Girl,” Act 5, Sc. 1.)
Now a continual Simon and Jude’s rain beat all your feathers as flat down as pancakes!
(Idem, Act II, Sc. 1.)