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Show Fingers and the Calendar. I No doubt most people remember ' ho number of days In any particular ! month by recalling the rhymes tbey ! earned at school. Another method Is 1 practiced In Iceland, and It Is so j almple and Ingenious as to be worth j know ing. Shut the fist and let tbe i knuckle of tbe forefinger represent I January with Its thirty-one days, and tbe depression between that and tbe mext knuckle will represent February with Its letter number of days. And t thus every month tbat eorrenponds to A knucklo will be found to contain thirty one days; cud every month that corresponds to a depression a less jiuniber of days The little finger will ' represent July, and beginning again with the forefinger knuckle It stands for August, nnd from this one continues con-tinues to count through the months of ! Jtbe year. Harper's Weekly. j |