THE DAY YOU WERE BORN.
How is m infallible method of discovering the day of the week on which a given day of the mouth any namber of years ipwriou» occurred. To the number rejtrwentiny yottr age at your next birthday add one-fourth for leap years; this [amount divide by 7, and the remainder counted back from the day of the week on which your birthday falls during the pr. - aeniyear will give the day of the week on which yon were born. For instance, on your next birthday yon will be 34 years . old. This derided by 4, and the quotient 8, added to 24, gives 39, the amount, which divided by 7, the namber of days lua the week, gives 4 weeks and the remainder of two days. Now, if your birthday in 1876 comes on Monday, count back two days, and yon have the day on which fott were bora, Saturday.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 206, 18 December 1876, Page 4
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154THE DAY YOU WERE BORN. Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 206, 18 December 1876, Page 4
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