I am Friday's child

There was a nusery rhyme which was written to help chldren learn and remember the days of the week.  It included the description of the child born on each day from an even older tradition of telling one's fortune by the day of his or her birth.

The oldest version, and the one I knew growing up was this -

Monday's child is fair of face.
Tuesday's child is full of grace.
Wednesday's child is loving and giving.
Thursday's child works hard for a living,
Friday's child is full of woe.
Saturday's child has far to go.
But the child that is born on Sabbath-day
Is bonny and happy and wise and gay.  


But some how through the last 20 to 30 years or so, the order of the descriptions have been changed, and now you're more likely to hear that it is Wednesday's child who gets it in the neck.

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 the child who is born on the Sabbath Day
Is bonny and blithe and good and gay.

Two other variations are these.

Monday's child is fair of face,
Tuesday's child is full of grace,
Wednesday's child is sour and grum,
Thursday's child has welcome home,
Friday's child is free in giving,
Saturday's child works hard for his living.
And the child that is born on Christmas Day
Is great, and good, and fair, and gay.

and

Born on Monday,
Fair in face;
Born on Tuesday,
Full of God's grace;
Born on Wednesday,
Sour and sad;
Born on Thursday,
Merry and glad;
Born on Friday,
Worthily given;
Born on Saturday,
Work hard for your living;
Born on Sunday,
You will never know want.

Do you know on what day of the week you were born?  Find out here -
On What Day Of The Week Were You Born?

Info from
Monday's child poem - which child are you?
Google Answers: Likely origin of a rhyme about days of the week
And links on those pages.