According to the English nursery rhyme Solomon Grundy was born on Monday. What happened to him on Wednesday?
"Solomon Grundy" is an English nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19299.
The rhyme has varied very little since it was first collected by James Orchard Halliwell and published in 1842 with the lyrics:
- Solomon Grundy,
- Born on a Monday,
- Christened on Tuesday,
- Married on Wednesday,
- Took ill on Thursday,
- Grew worse on Friday,
- Died on Saturday,
- Buried on Sunday,
- That was the end,
- Of Solomon Grundy.
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Jacqueline Tattam
Christened not cristened
Bazzarooni
My wife knows all the nursery rhymes by heart, she is 71, she's got a brilliant memory but she is always Losing her keys 🙄
Bernhard
Leida Toro, a lot of nursery rhymes ate scary.
Leida Toro
Maybe not so appropriate for young children???
Lupe Hernandez
ediazmedical, HumPty DumPty, dumty.
hector tubens
Ooops.....meant Got it
hector tubens
Got 8t
Richard G Schwartz
Jack me either.
Christina McKenzie
Mother Goose nursery rhymes popular for kids in U.K. in the 40/50s
karen twirly
Wrong guess. Never heard this nursery rhyme.
jack patti go
Never heard this before!
littledick
Jacqueline Tattam, They got it right in the answer. Poor editing to begin with.
Marcella Kosse
Got it.
Sue Fairweather
got it
Lynne Zeman
No clue but figured Wednesday could be a Wed Day. Lucky wag
Joseph A. Robitaille
Nice poem for children to hear. If they understand it.