tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910681471067702529.post2769800166888240638..comments2012-08-05T08:45:19.781-07:00Comments on Henry Cadmus Olney Diary 1886: January 19 through 22, 1886Don Olneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03538129571941391547noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910681471067702529.post-36636102164745710692009-01-20T07:36:00.000-08:002009-01-20T07:36:00.000-08:00well, so far I've gotten one reply to my query ove...well, so far I've gotten one reply to my query over at sur la lune, which I copy here: <BR/><BR/>The best I can think of is a reference to the old Mother Goose rhyme:<BR/><BR/>Monday's child is fair of face,<BR/>Tuesday's child is full of grace,<BR/>Wednesday's child is full of woe,<BR/>Thursday's child has far to go.<BR/>Friday's child is loving and giving,<BR/>Saturday's child works hard for a living,<BR/>But the child born on the Sabbath Day<BR/>Is fair and wise and good and gay.<BR/><BR/>A mishap on a Wednesday would be consistent with "Wednesday's child is full of woe."<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/>Alice <BR/><BR/>the "Wednesday's child" thing had briefly crossed my mind, but it seemed a stretch. I checked my OED too, just in case, but nothing yet!Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00866782664067835055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910681471067702529.post-11948351921519386162009-01-19T17:28:00.000-08:002009-01-19T17:28:00.000-08:00On the Mother Goose thing, I like Anne's theory. ...On the Mother Goose thing, I like Anne's theory. I've sent an e-mail to The Mother Goose Society to see if the person running that page has any info?<BR/><BR/>Sequana is definitely right about the second letter being an "i". I'm trying to figure out if there is a way to google things with "wild card" letters --- like Si**rial*, but no luck so far.Don Olneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03538129571941391547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910681471067702529.post-44866103717666799172009-01-19T16:52:00.000-08:002009-01-19T16:52:00.000-08:00As far as the Mother Goose thing...I'm pretty sure...As far as the Mother Goose thing...I'm pretty sure that's not from any of the poems; my initial inclination was to believe it was some sort of expression you said to unjinx yourself when you'd done something backwards (something along the lines of turning around three times if you put a shirt on backwards, that sort of thing). But I posed the question over on the message board at the sur la lune fairy tale site....if anyone is going to know, I bet it'll be someone in that community! Of course, if it's a regionalism, as is entirely possible, we'll have to hope someone from western NY?Finger Lakes is reading there...Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00866782664067835055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910681471067702529.post-21057385649940433502009-01-19T07:50:00.000-08:002009-01-19T07:50:00.000-08:00could that 4th letter be a "g?""sing" something?could that 4th letter be a "g?"<BR/><BR/>"sing" something?Sequanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08617638382237815770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910681471067702529.post-7159612434989422872009-01-19T07:44:00.000-08:002009-01-19T07:44:00.000-08:00Just quickly......it looks likeSi..rial - I'll hav...Just quickly......it looks like<BR/>Si..rial - I'll have to do some more comparing of letters. But maybe that will get "surprise" out of your mind.....*S*Sequanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08617638382237815770noreply@blogger.com