Time
Mnemonic device
Spring ahead, Fall back
This memory aid tells us how to adjust the clock. In the fall (autumn) the clock will be set back an hour, in the spring it will jump ahead one hour.. Summertime, wintertime, daylight saving time (DST). The concept of DST was first seriously proposed by William Willett in the "Waste of Daylight", published in 1907, but he was unable to get the British government to adopt it, despite considerable lobbying. In 2008 the DST in the US will be from March 9 untill November 2nd, in Europe from March 30th untill October 26th.
nr 6 - submitted by Anonymous (10-12-2005)
Mnemonic device
Spring Forward, Fall Back
This memory aid tells us how to adjust the clock. In the fall (autumn) the clock will be set back an hour, in the spring it will jump ahead one hour.. Summertime, wintertime, daylight saving time (DST). The concept of DST was first seriously proposed by William Willett in the "Waste of Daylight", published in 1907, but he was unable to get the British government to adopt it, despite considerable lobbying. In 2008 the DST in the US will be from March 9 untill November 2nd, in Europe from March 30th untill October 26th.
nr 61 - submitted by Anonymous (10-12-2005)
Mnemonic device
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.
how many days in which month?
nr 28 - submitted by Anonymous (10-15-2005)
Mnemonic device
Knuckles and dips
A visual way to remember the lenght of the months. Put your fists together. Start on your first knuckle and go across your knuckles and the spaces in between, say the months for each knuckle and dip. A knuckle is 31 days a dip 30, except february (28/29)
nr 40 - submitted by Anonymous (10-16-2005)
Mnemonic device
Thirty days in September, April, June, and November. All the rest have 31, accept for February which as 28, but Leap Year gives it 29.
Explains the amount of days in each month.
nr 356 - submitted by Anonymous (03-24-2007)