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From: Glenn Dixon <>
Subject: Re: Dates
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 07:19:03 -0600

no, you haven't confused me, but have really cleared some things up for
me!

For some reason, I had it in my head that the 'old' calendar was somehow
a Quaker
peculiarity....instead of a calendar that *everyone* was using. Also I
had not
previously caught the correlation between the month names and
numbers....very
enlightening!

wrote:
>
> In a message dated 98-11-04 21:24:06 EST, you write:
>
> << In older Quaker listings, the dates are somewhat different. How do we make
> this correction? Would someone please explain the system used by the early
> Quakers, and how it differed. Which month did they call the first month, >>
>
> First Month is January, and has been since 1752 when England and its colonies
> adopted the current calendar. Previously, First Month was March, although the
> new year didn't actually start until March 20. Other than what they called
> the months and days, however, Quakers used the same calendar as everyone else.
>
> You can still see vestiges of the old calendar in the names of the months.
> For instance...October is, like octopus and octagon, based on the Greek word
> "octo" for eight. That's because, while it is now the tenth month, it was
> once the eighth. Similarly, September (septum / seventh), November (novum /
> ninth), December (decem / tenth).
>
> Hope I haven't thoroughly confused you.
>
> Mark E. Dixon
> Wayne, PA

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