Monday's child

First recorded in A. E. Bray's Traditions of Devonshire in 1838, "Monday's Child" is one of many fortune-telling songs, popular as nursery rhymes for children. It is supposed to tell a child's character or future from their day of birth and to help young children remember the seven days of the week. As with many nursery rhymes, there are many versions.

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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 who is born on the Sabbath day Is bonnie and blithe and good and gay.[1]

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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 must work for a living. The child born on the Sabbath Day is fair and wise and good and gay.

"Around the Week" an Algonquin Happy Book No. 152. Illustrated by Ruby Hart. Copyright 1931 by the P.F. Volland Co.

Will your child be fair, graceful, or woeful? Is your baby a Monday's child? Tradition holds that you can predict your child’s temperament based on the day of the week they were born.

December 11, 1962 was on a Tuesday! Belinda

"Around the Week" an Algonquin Happy Book No. 152. Illustrated by Ruby Hart. Copyright 1931 by the P.F. Volland Co.

Monday's Child Nursery Rhyme www.famlii.com/mondays-child-day-of-the-week-nursery-rhyme-predicting-childs-personality/

Another version of the Monday's Child Poem.

Monday's child is fair of face poem

One Monday Morning

As a Wednesday's child, I never really loved this... Wednesday and Thursday sort of get the short end of the stick here. But! I am not woeful. So that's something.

“Sing, Little Birdie” by Gertrude E. Heath, 1928 by the Saalfield Publishing Company. Black and white illustrations by Helene Nyce, color bookplates by Jan Cragin. Cover by Fern Bisel Peat. Illustrated by Helene Nyce.

Is Thursday's child sour and sad, or has far to go? Download our vintage coloring pages of the Monday's Child Poem, and read about the early versions of the Mother Goose nursery rhyme. Spoiler: Wednesday child's was not full of woe!

Wednesday's child.

Margaret Tarrant - The Puddle Dance. 1930s 'Pixie Time' postcard published by the Medici Society. 4 pixies carrying toadstool umbrellas splash about in the rain