Genre:

Illustration, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Illustrators:

L S *

Subjects:

Meteorology, Instruments, Superstition, Comparative Philology

    Shows two children who have abandoned a game of croquet in order to kneel in prayer before St Swithun, who has appeared before them. The saint is represented as a giant barometric weather gauge—the dial being his face, and the indicators sprouting from his nose. The caption indicates the saint's dilemma in the current drought: 'What was Saint Swithun to do?—Spoil the Croquet or Corn?'.