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.  Ripping up the Year On this day in 1793 the National Convention in Revolutionary France decreed that Year II of the Republic had … Continue reading The French Revolutionary Calendar — January 2nd