A Nursery Rhyme from the American Psychiatric Society (2024)

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What is the full quote for Wednesday's child is full of woe? ›

The traditional 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 for its living And a child that's born on the Sabbath day Is fair and wise and good and gay.

Children born on a Wednesday are associated with a great amount of empathy and compassion. They are thought to be a bit gloomy and moody, full of woe because they feel empathy and sadness for others. Wednesday children carry the weight of the world on their shoulders.

[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.]

Sunday's Child is Full of Grace.

"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 a living, / But a child that is born on the Sabbath day / Is blithe and bonny, good and gay."

Woe means great sorrow or distress and given that Wednesday Adams has a dark outlook on life, they worked the word woe into the titles. The titles of the episodes are based on other common sayings or titles and changing the words to woe make it sound clever.

Tuesday children are connected with refinement, grace, and etiquette. Tuesday's children are associated with honesty and innocence in modern interpretations. Tuesday's Child. Wednesday children are known for their emotional sensitivity.

Blithe and Bonny means Happy and Pretty and is taken from the song “Sigh no more ladies, sigh no more” by William Shakespeare in the play Much Ado About Nothing. It's a beautiful song about female empowerment and enjoying the moment.

“Saturday's child” is one who has to work hard at a making a living. It's deliberately worded in such a way that it can be interpreted as industrious ('hardworking') so as not to cause worry or offence.

Tuesday's child is full of grace. Wednesday's child is full of woe, Thursday's child has far to go.

Where did the puss*cat go? ›

​the title and first line of a traditional children's nursery rhyme. The full poem is: “puss* cat, puss* cat, where have you been? I've been up to London to look at the queen. puss* cat, puss* cat, what did you there?

Fair has the meaning: beautiful, but also auspicious and fortunate. So, Monday's child, in a fortune-telling sense, means that Monday's child is not only beautiful, but promises good things and a fortunate life.

extreme sadness: Her face was lined and full of woe. tale of woe He told me a real tale of woe about how he had lost both his job and his house in the same week. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Sadness and regret.

Monday's Child Poem Meaning

The poem is about children born on different days of the week. Monday children are identified with attractive beauty, yet current interpretations portray them as shallow, selfish, and impulsive. Tuesday children are connected with refinement, grace, and etiquette.

Monday's Child

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.