PLEASE HELP!!! what is the rhyme that tells how many days are in each month?

Question

Thirty days have September.....?

Answer 1

Thirty days hath September is an ancient mnemonic rhyme, of which many variants are commonly used in English-speaking countries to remember the lengths of the months in the Julian and Gregorian calendars.

The rhyme has a long history. A medieval version is found in the 15th century manuscript Harley 2341, in the British Library:

Thirty days hath November,
April, June, and September:
Of twenty-eight is but one,
And all the remnant thirty-one.




Modern versions differ from this in two main respects. Firstly, September and November are often reversed; secondly, leap years are taken into account in an additional couplet. As with any text that is still primarily transmitted orally, many versions exist, and only the first line is now always the same. The first four lines are usually similar, being (with syllables often omitted being bracketed)

Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and [dull] November:
All the rest have thirty-one,
Except[ing] [for] February [alone],

But there is no clear preference for any of the alternative endings, such as

Which hath twenty-eight days clear,
And twenty-nine in each leap year,

or

Which has eight and a score
Until leap year gives it one day more,

or

Which hath but twenty-eight, in fine,
Till leap year make it twenty-nine.

or

Which has four and twenty-four,
And every fourth year, one day more.




Infelicitous as it may seem, it is very common to recite the first couplet followed by unrhymed, unmetrical prose:

Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November;
All the rest have thirty-one, except February, which has
twenty-eight, or twenty-nine in leap year.



or



Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November;
All the rest have thirty-one, except for February clear,
Which has twenty-eight days, or twenty-nine each leap year.
Alternatively, a common rhymed version is:

Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November;
Thirty-one the others date,
Excepting February, twenty-eight;
But in leap year we assign
February, twenty-nine.



Other versions also exist which differ more greatly from the modern standard. Some remain much closer to the medieval version in the third and fourth lines, as for example a version that follows "November" with:

February has twenty-eight alone,
All the rest have thirty-one.
Except in leap year, that's the time
When February days have twenty-nine.




While others are more specific about the nature of leap years:



All the rest have thirty-one,
Though February, it is done
At twenty-eight, though leap one more
Whenever the year divides by four.



or




February alone has twenty-eight.
All the rest have thirty-one
Except in Leap Year
Coming once in four
Which gives February one day more.



or, even yet ANOTHER modern adaption:



Thirty-days has September,
April, June and November,
All the rest have thirty-one,
'Cept February which has twenty-eight,
And in leap year twenty-nine

Also--

Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November;
All the rest have thirty-one, except February, which hath 28, yet every leap-year hath 29.


Love it, and still use it!

Answer 2

30 days have September, April, June and November.
All the rest have 31 except February clear,
which has 28 , but 29 in each leap year.

Answer 3

Thirty days hath September,
April, June and November;
February has twenty eight alone
All the rest have thirty-one
Except in Leap Year, that's the time
When February's Days are twenty-nine

Answer 4

Thirty days has September
April June and cold November
All the rest has thirty one
Except for February that has 28 days each year
And 29 in each leap year!

I actually learned it as a song, its pretty awesome!

Answer 5

Thirty days have September, April, June and November,
all the rest have 31
except for February which has 28
and in leap year it has 29.


Hope this helped! =O)

Answer 6

Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November. All the others have thirty one except for February which has 28 or 29 on leap year.

I count on my knuckles.
Make a fist facing toward you.
touch the knuckle of your first finger(index finger) and say January. February is a dip between knuckles, which means it's shorter. March is longer, then April is shorter. When you get to July on the last knuckle, do that one twice for August also. Then September is short again back the other way. Easy way to remember and goes everywhere with you.

I used to get it confused with this little rhyme i picked up somewhere...
Thirty days hath Octember, April, May, and no Wonder. All the others have Peanut Butter except my grandma and she smokes a pipe.

Answer 7

30 days has September, April, June & November all the rest have 31 days clear appart from Feb has 28 except on a leap year

Or words to that effect!

Answer 8

Thirty days has September, April, June and November,
All the rest have thirty one, 'cept February alone,
Which has twenty eight and twenty nine each leap year.
It don't rhyme very well but it has served me well enough over the years. Have a good day!

Answer 9

30 Days Hath September Song

Answer 10

30 days hast September April June and November. All the rest have 31, except February the lonely one. (It has 28, and on leap years 29).