Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Thirty days hath September...



Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November.
All the rest have 31,
Except the second one alone,
Which has but 28 days
'til leap year makes it 29!


I never realized how many different versions of this little memory-poem there were until I searched for "Leap Day" tonight.... Here are just a very few of them---some of them making no sense at all! :


Version 88
Thirty days hath Septober,
April, June, and No Wonder,
All the rest have peanut butter,
Except my grandmother,
She has a little red tricycle.


Version 89

30 days hath September
April, June, and November
Excepting February
When comes the time
Every Leap Year gives it twenty-nine


Version 85
30 Days hath September,
April, June and November
All the rest have 31,
except February which has 28,
until Leap Year gives it 29

Version 86
30 days hast September,
April, June and November
All the rest have 31
Except February it has 28

Version 87
Thirty days hath September
April June and no wonder
all the rest have 31
except grandma
and she drives a Buick

Version 82
Thirty days hath September,
April, June and dull November
All the rest have 31
Excepting February 1 in 4
February then has one day more.

Version 83
Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November
All the rest have thirty-one
All except the second one
Which alone has twenty-nine
When comes Leap Year in it's time

Version 84
Thirty days has September
April, June, and November
All the rest have thirty-one
Not February, it's a different one
It has twenty-eight, that's fine
A Leap Year makes it twenty-nine



ANYWAY, happy Leap Day! :) What did you do with this "Extra" day? I worked at the nursing home for most of it. It took me a while getting home too, as I decided to try taking the gravel road home, but when I got about a mile down it, the wheel tracks I'd been following disappeared, and all I saw was snow (it snowed approx. 4 inches yesterday). SO, I decided to back up until I was at the farm yard I'd just passed, back into their driveway and turn around, taking the longer but safer way home! As I was nearly at Kintyre, Mother called me to make sure I was alright.... It's nice to be worried about sometimes. :)

1 comment:

Dawn Bornemann said...

Dear Cora,
I am amzed that there are that many versions. Here's the one that I learned.

30 days hath September,
April, June, and November.
All the rest have 31
Except the second one alone.
Which hath but 28 in fine
'Til Leap Year makes it 29.

How do you like that one? Personally, I think it's the best one. ;)
Mom