Has the legend of St Swithin jinxed weather?

THE legend of St Swithin’s Day may have jinxed our summer weather this year.

Since showers fell on July 15, the threat of 40 days’ continuous rainfall is no longer being dismissed as a myth by the weather experts.

Floods in Cork and Limerick this week followed thunderstorms and the south coast’s weekend brush with Hurricane Alex as it tailed off in the Atlantic.