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{{trope}}
{{quote|''I'll sit and mourn all at her grave<br />
''For a twelvemonth and a day.<br />
''The twelvemonth and a day being up,<br />
''The dead began to speak:<br />
''"Oh who sits weeping on my grave,<br />
''And will not let me sleep?"''|"The Unquiet Grave", [[Child Ballad]] #78}}
The time span of a year and a day has many situations -- legal and magical -- where it is significant. For one thing, it sounds impressive, being more sonorous than merely a year. For another, it's been used in [[Real Life]].
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Compare [[Celestial Deadline]], [[When the Planets Align]]. This can start or end at a significant time, but it doesn't need to--only the passage of time counts.
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== [[Ballad|Ballads]] ==
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