1 partridge, 2 turtle doves, 3 french hens, 4 calling birds, 6 geese a laying, 7 swans a swimming. Add that, and you get 23 birds total!
If you count each day separately, you would get 184 birds!
12 days X 1 partridge/day = 12 partridges
11 days X 2 turtle doves/day = 22 turtle doves
10 days X 3 french hens/day = 30 french hens
9 days X 4 calling birds/day = 36 calling birds
7 days X 6 geese a laying/day = 42 geese a laying
6 days X 7 swans a swimming/day = 42 swans a swimming
1st day: 1 bird
2nd day: 3 birds, 4 total
3rd day: 6 birds, 10 total
4th day: 10 birds, 20 total
5th day: 10 birds, 30 total
6th day: 16 birds, 46 total
7th day: 23 birds, 69 total
8th day: 23 birds, 92 total
9th day: 23 birds, 115 total
10th day: 23 birds, 138 total
11th day: 23 birds, 161 total
12th day: 23 birds, 184 total
There are 23 birds in total:
12+11+10+9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1=78.....
Unless you mean cumulatively.
Then the answer is.......364.
On the second day of Christmas, two turtledoves were sent. Throughout the whole song, 22 turtledoves were sent.
2 on the second day, 2 on the third day, 2 on the fourth day, and so on.
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1 partridge
2 doves
3 hens
4 birds
6 geese
7 swans
23 total
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4 Calling Birds - this refers to the Four Gospels and/ or the Four Evangelists.
The Twelve Days of Christmas - song - was created in 1780.
The seventh is 'swans-a-swimming' and the tenth is 'lords-a-leaping'.
In the traditional English Christmas Carol 'the twelve days of christmas' there were what ladies dancing and what geese a-laying
Twelve Days of Christmas?Might be wrong... not into these merry tunes. Hope it's helped.
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Twelve lords a leeping
There is no specific mention of anything unlucky during the twelve days of Christmas. The song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is a joyful and celebratory song that highlights the gifts given by a true love each day.
364 gifts in total.
12 Drummers drumming
Christmas is included in the twelve days of Christmas. The twelve days of Christmas are the twelve days following Christmas day and counting Christmas day. It also leads up to Epiphany, which is January 6, so the last day of the twelve days of Christmas is January 5. :D
4 Calling Birds - this refers to the Four Gospels and/ or the Four Evangelists.
Four calling birds is an extract from the song the Twelve Days of Christmas. The song originates in England in 1780 and the calling birds refers to "colly birds" or the European Blackbird.
The twelve days of Christmas!
Heavy Metal Christmas - The Twelve Days of Christmas - was created in 2006.
The Twelve Days of Christmas - song - was created in 1780.