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> In a message dated 9/2/00 3:54:05 AM, someoneu wrote:
> <<This reminds me the germanic system of year, with 10 months and
> some days to fill the year. System used by Tolkien for their
fiction
> books.

No. The two sorts of calendar that Tolkien used in his stories were:-

(Usual): 12 months, as nowadays.

(The hobbits): 12 months of 30 days each, plus 5 intercalated days (6
in leap years) to make up 365.



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