Sorting Folders in iPhoto

While messing around with the sort function, I managed put my folders in alphabetical order. I would actually prefer them to be in the chronological order that I created them in (like events are). Anyone know how to put the genie back in the bottle?

manually
As far as I've found the sort is a one way function - but you can just drag them to any order you want and they will stay (until you sort again )
LN

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