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Thirty days has September, April, June, and November; All the rest have thirty-one except February alone which has twenty-eight; Except on every fourth year,
by Roedou 13y ago
Thirty days has September, April, June, and November;
All the rest have thirty-one except February alone which has twenty-eight;
Except on every fourth year, when it has 29;
Except on years divisible by 100, when it has 28 again;
Unless the year is also divisible by 1000, when it's back to 29.
- jeroen 13y agoAlmost, but the last one should be: Unless the year is also divisible by 400, when it's back to 29.
- andrewl 13y agoI grew up with this: Thirty days has September, April, June, and November, All the rest have thirty-one except February, Which has four and twenty-four, 'til leap year gives it one day more.
- nimrod_135 13y agoUse your knuckles, with both hands next to each other, from left to right Jan - Dec. Each 'hump' has 31 days.
- philbarr 13y agoYes, this is the way I remember. My wife quotes the rhyme and I annoy her by pointing out the following issues: 1 - 3 lines of the rhyme at the end are utterly pointless as it's much easier to just remember that leap years are actually a thing. 2 - The fact that it rhymes doesn't help you remember which months you're talking about. It could quite easily be, "30 days hath September; October, November, December" and it would still rhyme but be wrong.
- JoelAnair 13y agoMy grandfather used to say "Thirty days has November, all the rest I can't remember."
- gpmcadam 13y ago> 1 - 3 lines of the rhyme at the end are utterly pointless as it's much easier to just remember that leap years are actually a thing. I was taught: Thirty Days has September, April, June and November. All the rest have Thirty One; Except February, it's a different one!
- jimgardener 13y agoor use just the left hand and tap twice on knuckle of forefinger for july and August :)