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'''Summerfilth''' was a non-existent month in the [[Shire Calendar]], used jocularly in the expression 'on Friday the first of Summerfilth', to refer to a something that would never happen. After the reform of the Shire's calendar in c. {{TA|2670}}, each weekday always fell on the same date, and there was no month in the calendar that ever started on a Friday.
'''Summerfilth''' was a non-existent month used jocularly among [[Shire-hobbits]].
 
After the reform of the [[Shire Calendar]] in c. {{TA|2670}}, each weekday always fell on the same date, and there was no actual month in the calendar that ever started on a Friday. Therefore, the Hobbits would say "''on Friday the first of Summerfilth''", an expression referring to something that would never happen.  


The name 'Summerfilth' is taken from the real month of [[Winterfilth]] (approximately equivalent to our October).<ref>{{App|Calendars}}</ref>
The name 'Summerfilth' is taken from the real month of [[Winterfilth]] (approximately equivalent to our October).<ref>{{App|Calendars}}</ref>

Revision as of 06:01, 24 July 2014

Summerfilth was a non-existent month used jocularly among Shire-hobbits.

After the reform of the Shire Calendar in c. T.A. 2670, each weekday always fell on the same date, and there was no actual month in the calendar that ever started on a Friday. Therefore, the Hobbits would say "on Friday the first of Summerfilth", an expression referring to something that would never happen.

The name 'Summerfilth' is taken from the real month of Winterfilth (approximately equivalent to our October).[1]

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