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Superstition #2

Monday’s child is fair of face,
Tuesday’s child is full of grace,
Wednesday’s child is sour and sad,
Thursday’s child is merry and glad,
Friday’s child is loving and giving,
Saturday’s child must work for a living;
But the child that is born on the Sabbath day
Is blithe and bonny, good and gay.

(Some put it, Sunday’s child shall never know want.)

Baldwinsville, N. Y.

Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 2.

Fanny D. Bergen, editor.

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