Hidden fields
Books Books
" Wednesday the best day of all, Thursday for losses, Friday for crosses, Saturday no day at all. Variaiit. Monday for wealth ; Tuesday for health ; Wednesday the best day of all ; Thursday for crosses ; Friday for losses ; Saturday no luck at all. "
The Southern Dental Journal - Page 45
1891
Full view - About this book

Notes on the Folk-lore of the Northern Counties of England and the Borders

William Henderson - 1866 - 380 pages
...they express the popular belief of the county of Durham: — Monday for wealth, Tuesday for health, Wednesday the best day of all : Thursday for losses, Friday for crosses, And Saturday no luck at all. This attribute of Thursday is curiously opposite to that which distinguishes...
Full view - About this book

A Pedlar's Pack of Ballads and Songs: With Illustrative Notes

William Hugh Logan - 1869 - 530 pages
...see your beau on the morrow. Another version has it thus : — Monday for health, Tuesday for wealth, Wednesday the best day of all ; Thursday for losses, Friday for crosses, Saturday no luck at all. £Hv 2-oU.ir anb itiiss ©tw&g. A spruce Linen Draper, one Mr John Lowe, Walked the Custom-house quay...
Full view - About this book

Lancashire Legends, Traditions, Pageants, Sports, &c: With an Appendix ...

John Harland, Thomas Turner Wilkinson - 1873 - 344 pages
...following metrical regulations : — " Monday for health — Tuesday for wealth — Wednesday best day.of all ; Thursday for losses — Friday for crosses — Saturday no luck at all. FISH AND BACON ARE included in the same category of superstitions, and various rules have been laid...
Full view - About this book

Lancashire Legends, Traditions, Pageants, Sports, Etc., with an Appendix ...

John Harland - 1873 - 332 pages
...following metrical regulations : — " Monday for health — Tuesday for wealth — Wednesday best day,of all ; Thursday for losses — Friday for crosses — Saturday no luck at all. 1 224 Lancashire Superstitions. FISH AND BACON ARE included in the same category of superstitions,...
Full view - About this book

The Knot Tied: Marriage Ceremonies of All Nations

William Tegg - 1877 - 430 pages
...month commenced." As to the day, in an old rhyme we are told " Monday for wealth, Tuesday for health, Wednesday the best day of all ; Thursday for losses, Friday for crosses, And Saturday no luck at alL " Next, as to the weather, a wet day is deemed unlucky, while a fine one...
Full view - About this book

Routledge's wedding-day book [selections from Engl. poetry] by C.A.M. Burdett

C. A. M. Burdett - 1880 - 356 pages
... 600082633S WEDDINQ~DAY BOOK. Monday for health ; Tuesday for wealth • Wednesday best day of all; Thursday for losses ; Friday for crosses ; Saturday no luch at all. OLD PROVERB. WEDDINQ-DAY BOOK BY CAM BURDETT " Union of hearts, not hands, c And sgmpathg...
Full view - About this book

Madge Allerton

Annie Cazenove - 1882 - 338 pages
...— some superstition ? " " Don't you know the old saying : ' Monday for health, Tuesday for wealth, Wednesday the best day of all; Thursday for losses, Friday for crosses, and Saturday no luck at all.' " " You very silly little woman ! I should choose Monday then ; but it...
Full view - About this book

The West American Scientist, Volumes 5-7

1889 - 730 pages
...Days,' and each page illustrating a line of the old rhyme: ' Monday for Health, Tuesday for Wealth, Wednesday the Best Day of all, Thursday for Losses,...free to all new subscribers to The Companion who send $1-75 for a year's subscription and request it at the time they subscribe. The most beautiful fiontispiece...
Full view - About this book

Journal of American Folklore

1918 - 620 pages
...(0.) 380. A bride must also carefully choose the day, — Monday's for health; Tuesday for wealth; Wednesday the best day of all ; Thursday for losses; Friday for crosses; Saturday no day at all. (0.) 381. A bride must not wear green, for every thread of green is a thread of grief....
Full view - About this book

Through Airedale from Goole to Malham

Harry Speight - 1891 - 410 pages
...for it is a current belief in this part of Yorkshire that, " Monday for wealth, Tuesday for health, Wednesday the best day of all ; Thursday for losses, Friday for crosses, And Saturday no luck at all." The lady ought on no account to-attend church during the publication...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF