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The Holy Seven Sleepers (painting, 19th century, South Germany, Clemens-Sels-Museum, Neuss), author: Dr.theol. Manfred Becker-Huberti, Köln, image source: http://www.religioeses-brauchtum.de/sommer/siebenschlaefer.html
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The saints behind the prediction
You know that the farmer’s almanach goes back to ancient times.
5000 years ago the Egyptians had such rules, the Romans knew some, and Christianity connected the rules with their calendar.
Thereby the rules became attributed to the name days of saints. Our summer prediction of June 27th is connected with the “Seven Sleepers’ Saints”.
If it rains at Seven Sleepers Day, the rain will stay seven weeks more.
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