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Patron saint of drunkards. This is from the proverb—
“If on St. Vincent’s Day [Jan 22] the sky is clear,
More wine than water will crown the year.”
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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