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Thread #73399   Message #1272854
Posted By: GUEST
15-Sep-04 - 06:15 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Thirty days hath September
Subject: RE: Origins: Thirty days hath September
A version I heard ended

All the rest have thirty-one,
But February stands alone
With only twenty-eight.

If "one" actually rhymed with "alone" at the time of composition, that puts it back to the 17th century or earlier, according to the OED s.v. "one numeral a., pron.".