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Elizabeth Miller

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May 6, 2007, 1:42:33 PM5/6/07
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I am trying to remember the full wording of a poem that I frequently heard
when growing up in St John's, connecting the day of the week on which you
were born with your future prospects. I vaguely remember scraps: "...'s
child is full of woe", "....'s child has far to go".

Anyone able to reconstruct the verse?

Thanks.

Elizabeth
emi...@mun.ca
http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~emiller/ [Dracula's homepage]
http://www.blooferland.com/drc [Dracula Research Centre]


prettio

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May 6, 2007, 2:14:20 PM5/6/07
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On May 6, 11:42 am, Elizabeth Miller <emil...@mun.ca> wrote:
> I am trying to remember the full wording of a poem that I frequently heard
> when growing up in St John's, connecting the day of the week on which you
> were born with your future prospects. I vaguely remember scraps: "...'s
> child is full of woe", "....'s child has far to go".
>
> Anyone able to reconstruct the verse?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Elizabeth
> emil...@mun.cahttp://www.ucs.mun.ca/~emiller/ [Dracula's homepage]http://www.blooferland.com/drc [Dracula Research Centre]

Monday's child is full of grace
Tuesday's child is fair of face
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 fair and wise and good and gay.

cloud dreamer

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May 6, 2007, 2:15:55 PM5/6/07
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Elizabeth Miller wrote:
> I am trying to remember the full wording of a poem that I frequently heard
> when growing up in St John's, connecting the day of the week on which you
> were born with your future prospects. I vaguely remember scraps: "...'s
> child is full of woe", "....'s child has far to go".
>
> Anyone able to reconstruct the verse?
>


From Google...

Thursdays Child poem
AKA Mondays child

Mondays child is fair of face,
Tuesdays child is full of grace,
Wednesdays child is full of woe,
Thursdays child has far to go,
Fridays child is loving and giving,
Saturdays child works hard for his living,
And the child that is born on the Sabbath day
Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay.

..

MMVIII

Karen

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May 6, 2007, 2:16:53 PM5/6/07
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When I was a child I had a poster with a little girl and that poem on it.

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 has to work for a living
But a child that is born on the Sabbath Day
Is fair and wise and good and gay.

That is off the top off my head. I may have the first 2 reversed. Should be
easily found on Google.
-Karen

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Davehx

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May 6, 2007, 8:31:53 PM5/6/07
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yup...from google..in 0.09 seconds


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cloud dreamer

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May 6, 2007, 8:34:55 PM5/6/07
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Davehx wrote:
> yup...from google..in 0.09 seconds


Damn...took me 0.11 seconds.

;)

MMVIII

Davehx

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May 6, 2007, 8:40:08 PM5/6/07
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well you always -were- slow ;)

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