There's thirty days in September...

[conuly]

April, June, and November. Okay, so I guess the day after May 30 is May 31! Whew, glad that's settled.

Poll #24104 Days of the month

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 143

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What method do you use to remember which months have 31 days?

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That rhyme
88 (61.5%)

Another English language mnemonic
2 (1.4%)

The knuckle trick
32 (22.4%)

I don't, I look at a calendar
18 (12.6%)

Some mnemonic in another language
0 (0.0%)

IDK, I just do
20 (14.0%)

Other
5 (3.5%)

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Comments

[archersangel]

i do the; 30 days hath september, april, june & november. all the rest have 31 except febuary which has 28 & in leap year 29.

never herd of the knuckle trick.

[conuly]

Make two fists, put them in front of you with the thumbs touching. Counting each dip and knuckle, starting on the left, you recite the months of the year. The knuckles are 31 days, the dips are February and 30 days.

[neotoma]

Huh, I learned a one-handed variant where you just reversed course when you ran out of knuckle.

[agoodwinsmith]

Ooo - that's different from mine.

One fist, start on the index finger knuckle, January knuckle, February dip, etc until pinkie knuckle, where you bounce twice for July August and then come back. Mean you can use your other index finger to keep track. Yes, some of us need to keep track. :)

I can't remember where/when I learned this, but it was after high school. Probably one of my workplaces.

[darkoshi]

I do it similar to that, but instead of bouncing and coming back, when I get to the last knuckle for July, I start back at the first again for August. I think one of my German relatives taught me it.

[nrgburst]

Me too on both points, except my teacher taught us the last bit of the rhyme as "except February ALONE". It sounded super dramatic, I loved it.