Do you know what day of the week you were born? I remembered at one time, but as time goes by such details escaped my mind. Thankfully, the Internet came to my rescue. I Googled ‘1961 calendar’ and BING! I got 10 plus pages of hits. The first hit on the page looked good to me. I clicked on it, scrolled down the calendar to find December. Wha-lah, I am a Thursdays’ child!
The Mother Goose Nursery Rhythm Monday’s Child goes as follows:
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.
This familiarly popular nursery rhythm appeared in print in England in 1744. At one point, I dare say we were all taught this little rhythm to memorize the days of the week. I discovered an interesting fact of the origin about this poem came from fortune-tellers predicting the future of a child according to the day of the week they were born. I don’t believe this anymore than I believe that pigs can fly.
Have I wet your curiosity to learn more about the days of the week in this poem? If you’re like me, you don’t put much importance in mythological aspects associated with the many threads of our lives. From the beginning of time, ignorance gave birth to superstitions. I do find it entertaining to learn from past cultures by reading the history of innocent things, such as this nursery rhythm. You may want to read Serenata @ Google Answers informative response. At the bottom of her post, she listed some links. If you have young kiddos, then you’ll want to check out this link: Mother Goose Club
At times, I feel like I have far to go like the Thursdays Child. I suppose we all feel this one time or another. But, unlike the soothsayer’s prediction, I am clear on when my time in this life expires, I’ll cross into heaven to be with the Lord. I won’t be left to wonder the earth. That’s my promise for being a child of our heavenly Father.
Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
