1. Wednesday's — Child Is Full Of Woe

The phrase is a line from a traditional 19th-century nursery rhyme titled "Monday's Child" . Historically used as a fortune-telling song to teach children the days of the week, it predicts a child's character or temperament based on their birth day. The Original Nursery Rhyme

First recorded in 1836, the most popular version of the poem is: 1. Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe