Eisheilige (ice saints; May 11 - 15)

It's cold and very wet in Sandy Beach today. I wonder if it has something to do with the saints of the week:

The presence of these 'Strong Lords' brings unseasonably cold and/or wet weather -- a reversion to the days of Winter, or an opposite to an 'Indian Summer'. These are the 4th- and 5th-Century saints Mamertius, Pancratius (Pancras), Servatus (Gervatius; Servatius), Boniface of Tarsus (Bonifatius), and 'Cold Sophie' (Sophia von Rom). These Christian names are versions of the Swabian presiding spirits of these days.

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