On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Nine ladies dancing, Eight maids a-milking, Seven swans a-swimming, Six geese a-laying, Five golden rings, Four calling birds, Three French hens, Two turtle doves, And a partridge in a pear tree. On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Ten lords a-leaping, Nine ladies dancing, Eight maids a-milking, Seven swans a-swimming, Six geese a-laying, Five golden rings, Four calling birds, Three French hens, Two turtle doves, And a partridge in a pear tree.
On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Eleven pipers piping, Ten lords a-leaping, Nine ladies dancing, Eight maids a-milking, Seven swans a-swimming, Six geese a-laying, Five golden rings, Four calling birds, Three French hens, Two turtle doves, And a partridge in a pear tree. On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Twelve drummers drumming, Eleven pipers piping, Ten lords a-leaping, Nine ladies dancing, Eight maids a-milking, Seven swans a-swimming, Six geese a-laying, Five golden rings, Four calling birds, Three French hens, Two turtle doves, And a partridge in a pear tree!
The Twelve Days of Christmas. Christmas Carols Index. Christmas Poems. Christmas Jokes. The keys to working out the total number of gifts over all 12 days are the Tetrahedral numbers , which are made up from the Triangular numbers.
Here are the first few Triangular numbers. And these are also the number of gifts that my true love gave to me on each of the first five days of Christmas! Here are the first few Tetrahedral numbers. And these are also the number of gifts that my true love gave to me up to and including each of the first three days of Christmas! As he told the Religion News Service in This was not originally a Catholic song, no matter what you hear on the Internet. If there was such a catechism device, a secret code, it was derived from the original secular song.
No matter the cost, though, actually giving someone all this stuff is probably not a great idea; just think of all the bird poo. She calculated the calories in a serving of each bird mentioned in the song and offset them with the calories burned by the various activities milking, leaping, etc. Turns out all that poultry is somehow less indulgent than the typical American holiday meal.
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