The calendar hangs on the wall, why bother me with this at all. April, june and november, all the rest have thirty one. This work is licensed under a creative commons attributionnoncommercial 2. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. And leap year coming once in four, always gives it one day more. Either way, i dont think i ever had any trouble remembering how many days each month had. The biggest and best came from spending a fabulous day in london watching orla perform at the o2. The knuckles are the months with 31 days and the valleys are 30. Leap year poem by mother goose poems academy of american. The ones i still use in my own life which i learned in school are the i before e and the 30 days hath september rules.
Ancient english rhyme learnt by schoolchildren everywhere. All the rest have 31, except for february which has 28. It is a treasure trove of easy methods to take important information from the back of the mind to the tip. Thirty days hath september is a mnemonic frequently used to remember how many days each month has in the gregorian calendar. All my life, i have only remembered the poem up to except february. Mnemonic devices can help students remember important facts and principles. Thirty days hath september, april, june, and november, all the rest have 31, february stands alone, that has 28 days. It is with a certain amount of dread that i look forward to reading the rest of it. All the rest have thirtyone, excepting february alone, and that has twentyeight days clear and. All the rest have thirtyone, excepting february alone, and that has twentyeight days. Is there an easy way to remember which months have 31 days. This sweet months of the year song helps children remember how many days. In this post, ill show you how you can tap your knuckles and the dips in between them while reciting the. Mnemonic thirty days in september, april, june, and.
All the rest have 31 in fine except february alone which has 28 and then when leapyear rolls around, it has 29 my daddy was a pistol and im a son of a gunlewis grizzard. A common version involves transforming what you want to remember into vivid images or word phrases 9 types of mnemonics for better memory. Our talented model jesper is demonstrating how bad assumptions about calendar data can occasionally come back to bite you. The first day, 30 days has september james strauss. All the rest have 31 except january and february, which have 80. February has twentyeight, but leap year coming one in four.
Anyone here who was not taught monthlengthbyknuckles as. Thirty days hath november, to help you remember the days. Before learning this trick sometime in high school. The funny thing is, i remembered learning a little poem about it, but wondered why it didnt rhyme. Thirty days hath september celerythesis harry potter. Im getting older and a bit lazy and i dont always have a calendar in front of me.
You guys came in and made showers and a club appear like magic, and invited us to share them. Can i train my memory by consistently trying to recall any. I remember all the other months for for some reason august and 31 wont stick. They remember nothing about memory itself but say the mnemonic had changed their lives. If you can remember this song, you can remember how many days there are in. There is an old mnemonic rhyme to help you remember. Thirty days has september helps with learning all of those confusing rules of language and mathematics, and those tricky facts from science, history and geography. February has twenty eight alone all the rest have thirtyone except in leap year, thats the time when februarys days are twentynine. I assume the hath, which is singular, agrees with september, and the rest are a sort of afterthought that doesnt affect the verb. Admit it, you repeat this to yourself twice a year to remember. I cant tell you how many times ive screwed this up. Thirty days hath september english childrens songs england. Some use an acrostic phrase where the first letter of each word stands for another word, such as practically every old man plays.
Thirty days hath september a mnemonic that can also be sung as a. All the rest have thirtyone, save february to which we add one day in four. Thirty days hath septober april, june, and no wonder all the rest have peanut butter except grandma, and she cant ride a bike anyway. This comic was released during the last week of october the 26th where it becomes increasingly important to know if there are 30 or 31 days in the month. I think the 28 part is intentionally meant to be a clunker, in that it doesnt rhyme and is also the odd one out. Thirty days hath september, april, june, and november. I never saw the knuckle thing until some time in my midlate 20s.
All the rest have thirtyone, except for february, which has twentyeight, but leap year gives it twentynine. When one is small they tell you rhythms to get you to remember things. Thirtyone the others date,except in february, twentyeight. This is the rhyme my father taught me to remember days and months. That means i waited in the green room for 2 12 hours so i could sit at a table in a pretend restaurant on stage, eat pound cake drizzled with hersheys syrup, drink tepid tea, pretend to talk with the woman i was. April, june, and november, all the rest have thirtyone. Chapter one hermione hermione granger received the letter at eightthirty in the morning. Yes, but i cant remember if i fall forward or backwards.
I know you wont forget the number of days in november again since i was a school girl they taught us this dido to remember the amount of days in each month, here it goes. Except in leap year, thats the time, when februarys days are 29. Trick to remember which months have 31 days happy hooligans. Thirty days hath september, and all the rest, i cant remember. Access to read all online chapters of down in the valley. Starting with the 1st knuckle as january, the space between knuckles as february.
Knuckle trick count the months on your knuckles and the grooves between your knuckles. Thirty days have september, april, june, and november all the rest have thirtyone except for that quite contrary february which has twentyeight most of the time except in leapyear, twentynine. What is that saying that helps you remember what months. The version that they teach in dudley goes a little differently from some others at least as i remember it. How do you remember which month has 30 or 31 days trick or mnemonics. Its because july has 31 too and i just better start remembering this. Cueball is reciting the mnemonic trying to figure out how many days october has. Thirty days hath september,april, june, and november. In the early earth, were all the months exactly thirty. So goes the nursery rhyme which helps us remember how many days are in a particular month. The version i learned is thirty days hath september, april, june and november. It makes a lovely gift from parent to child and a perfect learning companion to help all school children.
All the rest have thirtyone, excepting february alone, and that has twentyeight days clear, and twentynine in each leap year. Thirty days hath september, april, june and november. I used to go by the rhyme, 30 days hath september, all the rest i cant. Thirty days hath november, april, june and september. Thirty days hath september is a mnemonic frequently used to remember. All the rest have 31, except february which has 28. With all due respect to my mother which is substantial, this poem. So many of us came back and beat those memories down whenever they came up or drowned them with alcohol or drugs or both. Remember north east south west by reciting never eat slimy worms or naughty elephants squirt water. Thirty days hath september, april, june, and november, all the rest have thirty one, saving february all alone, which has twenty eight, rain or.
Thirty days hath september animated nursery rhyme in english duration. This means youre free to copy and share these comics but not to sell them. I also need to remember to put the coffee down before. This is the perhaps the most well known of them all. The seventh night, 30 days has september james strauss. Thirty days in september, april, june and november. In case you dont know this one, you move the clock forward during the spring from 2am to 3am to begin daylight savings time and you move the clock back in the fall from 2am to 1am to end it 2. It works out perfectly that you get to the last knuckle on july which sends you back to the first knuckle for august, both of which have 31 days. With these devices, i dont need to memorize all the different applications.
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