Glossary entry for
Friday's child

The reference to "Friday's child" in the song of the same name probably comes from the old children's 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 for its living
And a child that's born on the Sabbath day
Is fair and wise and good and gay.

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Contributed by David Chance

It is perhaps not a surprise to note that George Ivan Morrison was born in Belfast on August 31, 1945, which happens to have been a Friday...

Van references in:

  • "Friday's Child" (on The Story of Them)


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