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absent Wed 03-Jun-15 07:33:47

…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 its living.
But the child who is born on the Sabbath Day
Is bonny and blithe and good and gay.

Does this apply to you or anyone in your family? My pa – a Thursday's child – spent most of his professional life travelling all over the world. My sister – a Monday's child – was always considered staggeringly beautiful. I am a Friday's child and I think I have always tried to be generous, but there have been at least two men in my life who described me as the most unloving woman they ever knew.

Absentdaughter was born on the Sabbath Day and is amazing and lovely in many ways – but not all of them at the same time throughout her life so far. I can't remember/don't know the actual days of my grandchildren's birth days, except the most recent one. He was a Friday but as he is only six weeks old, it's hard to be sure how he is going to turn out.

GeminiJen Wed 03-Jun-15 19:52:38

Saturday....71 next week...and still working...so true for me.
I was never allowed to forget that it was a Saturday...My mother complained that she was at the cinema...had to leave early...and never did see the end of the film wink
Daughter, Friday...and son, Sunday....Both also freakishly accurate ... hmm

soontobe Wed 03-Jun-15 19:54:39

1/2 applies, and 1/2 doesnt.

So I cant really say that it is accurate.

Sheena Wed 03-Jun-15 20:41:48

I'm a Thursday's child..but I hate going anywhere !! don't like holidays ... I much refer my own home comforts... and the thought of travelling leaves me cold..but then again I am very odd grin

pinkprincess Wed 03-Jun-15 21:35:52

I was born on a Sunday, I am not good and I am not gay.

My DS1 was born on a Thursday and he has travelled a lot, he also lives about 200 miles away from me.
My DS2 was born on a Wednesday. He is always full of woe if things are not going his way.
I cant remember all the days of the week my grandchildren were born on except DGD3. She was a premature baby born on a Monday and is certainly fair of face.

oldperson Sat 06-Jun-15 15:19:02

I was born on a Saturday and have certainly worked hard. It doesn't apply to my children - Sunday born daughter is bipolar, Thursday born son lives in Leeds but that isn't very far away, Wednesday born daughter is a very happy person and Tuesday born son lives 6000 miles away. With 9 grandchildren some of them must fit the rhyme!

annsixty Sat 06-Jun-15 16:05:09

I am a Monday's child as is my son,and as someone else said modesty forbids me to say just how lovely I am and how devastatingly handsome my son is. is there also a line in the rhyme mentioning delusional?

Lona Sat 06-Jun-15 18:08:43

Sheena You aren't very odd, you're just like me!! grin
#wecanbeoddtogether!

Sheena Sat 06-Jun-15 18:18:24

Lona .... you have made me grin !!!!!

annodomini Sat 06-Jun-15 19:06:50

My sons and I are allegedly 'full of grace', whatever that may mean, unless there's a religious context which, in our case, doesn't apply. hmm

Judthepud2 Sun 07-Jun-15 00:15:59

I went in to labour on a Thursday with DD3. For some reason that rhyme kept going round in my head. I think it was the gas and air. Igot to the pushing stage about 11:30 pm but decided I wanted my baby to be loving and giving. So while DH and midwives were all shouting at me to push, I just lay there. I asked a midwife to let me know when it was midnight, and then did the business! DD3 was born at 4 minutes into Friday.

She can be very loving and giving, but not always sad. Somewhat crisis prone.

absent Sun 07-Jun-15 07:26:38

Judthepud2 I once briefly worked on an occult magazine. The man who wrote about horoscopes and stars signs had a pregnant wife who, when the time came, was told stop, go, stop, go. I think, quite rightly, she just ignored him and anyway didn't have a lot of choice.

feetlebaum Sun 07-Jun-15 08:29:44

I may be full of a lot of things, but woe isn't one of them...

FlicketyB Sun 07-Jun-15 18:58:15

DD is a Wednesday's child and anyone less full of woe, it is hard to think of.

I think these rhymes, like horoscopes and biorhythms (another thread) are bound to be coincidentally right quite a number of times, but it is coincidence and nothing else.