Days of the week

- Sunday is the day of the Sun

The 'Sunday Times' is a Sunday newspaper distributed in the United Kingdom and Ireland

- Monday is the day of the Moon (lune => lundi)

'Blue Monday' is a song by Fats Domino

- Tuesday It's named after Tyr, the Nordic god of war

(the equivalent of the Roman god Mars => mardi)


- Wednesday: This name comes from the old English word Wednes (Wednes = Woden = Odin)

The Roman god is Mercury => mercredi


- Thursday: The god Thor after whom Thursday is named (the god of thunder)

The equivalent Roman god is Jupiter => jeudi


- Friday is derived from the name of the goddess Freya (the goddess of love and fertility)

Vendedi is named after Venus


- Both Saturday and 'samedi' are named after the Roman god of agriculture Saturn



A nursery rhyme by Mother Goose

SOLOMON GRUNDY

Solomon Grundy,
Born on a Monday,
Christened on Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday,
Took ill on Thursday,
Worse on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday,
This is the end
Of Solomon Grundy.