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Bad weather in May has a name; it’s The Ice Saints (May 11, 12, and 13), referring to St. Mamertus, St. Pancras, and St. Servatius. In many parts of Europe, it was traditionally believed that these three days brought the final, unexpected frosts of spring, often damaging crops. #weather #IceSaints

12 May 2025
20 UTC
Altnaharra
Cooling off very quickly this evening both here in Strathpeffer & in Altnaharra.
Will the haar arrive to arrest the fall in temperature, or might we see another frost?
#ukweather #icesaints

(2/2) ...they open just once a year, on Ice Sunday in July, as part of our annual Ice Weekend - why not join us?

Find all the details and tickets at canalmuseum.org.uk

Image of St Pancras © St Pancras Old Church
#StPancrasDay #IceSaints #LondonCanalMuseum #KingsCross #LondonHistory

I was going to chip in on today's Irishman's Diary with a mention of the #IceSaints, but of course by the time I neared the end I saw that pantomath @frankie49.bsky.social already had them covered.

I suspect that in French the term has endured at least in part because "les saints de glace" sounds..

Ab-ha, so after the #IceSaints Mamertus, Pancras of Rome, Servatius of Tongeren and Boniface of Tarsus have made it chilly from 11 to 14 May, abetted today by Sophia of Rome (15 May), the #weather can warm up again? #IcySaints #WeatherLore

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