It is July tomorrow. We likely all learned this memonic verse. (Good thing I noticed the spellcheck version - demonic verse.)
Thirty days has September, April, June, and November, All the rest have thirty-one, But February's twenty-eight, The leap year, which comes once in four, Gives February one day more.
I wondered when it originated. Wikipedia tells me lots. The first published English version was 1562. It was know as "A Rule to Know How Many Days Every Month in the Here Hath"
Thirty dayes hath Nouember, Aprill, Iune and September. February hath xxviij alone, And all the rest have xxxi.
Thirty days have November, April, June, and September. February has 28 alone, And all the rest have 31.
It is considered one of the most popular and oft-repeated verses in the English language - one that most ordinary citizens know by heart. And what tidbit does Wikipedia tell us?
Groucho Marx claimed "My favorite poem is the one that starts 'Thirty Days Hath September...', because it actually means something."
We're still pursuing the Diptych theme. Today's theme is Xs and Ox.
