Monday's child is fair of face,
Tuesday's child is full of grace,
Wednesday's child is full of woe,
Thursday's child has far to go,
Friday's child is loving and giving,
Saturday's child works hard for a living,
But the child born on the Sabbath Day,
Is bonnie and happy and wise and gay.
Grow up on old nursery rhymes, and they kind of stick with you. In retrospect, it put a whole new spin on living up to other’s expectations. I always wished I’d been a Sunday’s child. Being even a Monday or Tuesday’s child would have been preferable to Saturday’s. I have worked hard for my living, (and probably have far to go too), but I am also loving and giving, and always wished that someone would find me bonnie and happy and wise and gay (in the 1950’s sense of the word, that is.) Why did I get stuck with Saturday?
In trying to find the origin of this nursery rhyme, I found instead the multitude of versions floating around out there. Turns out, since certain religions consider Saturday to be their Sabbath, I might have gotten my wish after all. I don’t feel so bad anymore.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
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I've just been to the Wikipedia link you gave, and now I can no longer remember the version I learned as a child! The last line was different from yours I believe. I've noticed that the Wednesday's child has been changed to "knows no woe" in some places.
I was a Thursday's child myself, which fitted quite well from the travelling point of view.
Interesting! I grew up with that too. I guess I didn't realize there were other versions!
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Well, looks like I am full of Grace... Kelly, I hope! I would have never known that I am approximately 1,265,074,204 seconds old were it not for your post - well I guess that's out-of-date as we speak!
I can definitely hang with being full of Grace:
*Elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action.
*A pleasing or attractive quality or endowment.
*An allowance of time after a debt or bill has become payable granted to the debtor before suit can be brought against him or her or a penalty applied.
**Lovely, I'll take it!!!
Hey, better than "full of woe". Oh wait no that's my friend... I'm Saturday too! Oh great, Cube World here I come.
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