Negua eldu da.
(‘At St Simon and St Jude, water may be viewed.’)
The basis of the following calculation is thoroughly Kisawahili—
S’el pleut le jour de Saint Médard, (June 8)
Il pleut quarante jours plus tard.
Nor is our popular doggrel less so—
Saint Swithin’s Day, if thou dost rain,
For forty days it will remain.
Saint Swithin’s Day, if thou be fair,
For forty days ’twill rain nae mair.