Thirty days hath September

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1. The first line of a popular rhyme for remembering the number of days in the months of the year:

   Thirty days hath September,

   April, June, and November;

   All the rest have thirty-one,

   February stands alone.

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Thirty days hath September

"Thirty days hath September, April, Cassius, and November."

From Time Magazine Archive

Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November, All the rest have thirty-one, Excepting February alone: Which hath but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.

From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various

When a mere fact has to be stated, there is no defence for verse, unless as an aid to memory, just as we say— Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November.

From Platform Monologues by T. G. (Thomas George) Tucker

Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November, February has twenty-eight alone, All the rest have thirty-one; Excepting leap year,—that 's the time When February's days are twenty-nine.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by John Bartlett

Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November, February eight-and-twenty all alone, And all the rest have thirty-one; Unless that leap year doth combine, And give to February twenty-nine.

From Familiar Quotations by John Bartlett