_Unlucky Days_ (Vol. vii., p. 232.).--The Latin verses contained in the old
Spanish breviary, adverted to by W. PINKERTON, bear a close resemblance to
those which are to be found in the Red Book of the Irish Exchequer. The
latter form part of a calendar which is supposed to have been written
either during the reign of John or Henry III. A similar calendar, with like
verses, has been printed by the Archaeological Society, Dublin. As the lines
in the Red Book vary in some respects from those which have appeared in "N.
& Q.," I have taken the liberty of inclosing a transcript of them.
"_January._ Prima dies mensis, et septima truncat ut ensis.
_February._ Quarta subit mortem, prosternit tertia fortem.
_March._ Primus mandantem, dirumpit quarta bibentem.
_April._ Denus et undenus, est mortis vulnere plenus.
_May._ Tertius occidit, et septimus hora relidit.
_June._ Denus pallescit, quindenus federa nescit.
_July._ Terdecimus mactat, Julii denus labefactat.
_August._ Prima necat fortem, perditque secunda choortem.
_September._ Tertia Septembris, et denus fert mala membris.
_October._ Tertia cum dena, clamat sit integra vena.
_November._ Scorpius est quintus, et tertius est nece cinctus.
_December._ Septimus exanguis, virosus denus ut anguis."