(Side Note: There are fewer posts today because I was tired yesterday and honestly did not feel like working today. See post about my semi-days off coming up for a more detailed explanation.)

Does this poem describe you? I have to say being born on a Thursday I have for many parts of my life thought I was constantly walking uphill never to reach my goals.

Monday’s Child Poem: Your Child’s Personality by Day of the Week

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. Enter the Monday’s Child Poem.

Fortune telling rhymes based on the weekday of birth originated in England around the 1500s. Many superstitions existed regarding the days of the week. The fortunes, personalities, and temperaments of children were considered regulated by their weekday of birth.

What Day of the Week was your Child Born?

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Monday’s Child Nursery Rhyme

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 his living
And the child that is born on the Sabbath day
Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay.

Monday’s Child poem is an old English nursery rhyme poem first recorded in 1838 Traditions of Devonshire. Numerous versions of the poem exist, with both positive and negative connotations associated with each day.

Rather than a literal interpretation, the Monday’s Child poem is best used as a song to help young children learn the days of the week.

Click here to download a pdf printable of The Monday’s Child Nursery Rhyme.

Various Interpretations and Meanings of Monday’s Child

The Woodcutter Family in the 2002 book Enchanted by Alethea Kontis centers around sisters named for each day of the week based on click here to read the rest of this article