From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhtsa!alice!npoiv!npois!houxm!houxz!halle1
Newsgroups: net.followup
Title: Re: Spelling of "weird"
Article-I.D.: houxz.291
Posted: Tue Apr 12 09:07:18 1983
Received: Wed Apr 13 04:15:00 1983
References: sbcs.268

Reign and rein are not exceptions.  The complete jingle is:
"I before e except after c, unless pronounced A as in neighbor and weigh."