The Holiday Headscratcher Puzzle

The Puzzle:

The Holiday Headscratcher

"What day do you go back to school, Horace?" asked his grandmother one day.

"Well," Horace replied, "Nine days ago, the day before yesterday was three weeks before the second day of term."

If Horace had this conversation on a Sunday, what day of the week did he start school?

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