Sunday by Christians; Monday by the Greeks; Tuesday
by the Persians; Wednesday by the Assyrians; Thursday by
the Egyptians; Friday by the Turks; Saturday by the Jews.
Christians worship God on Sunday.
Grecian zealots hallow Monday,
Tuesday Persians spend in prayer,
Assyrians Wednesday revere,
Egyptians Thursday, Friday Turks,
On Saturday no Hebrew works. E. C. B.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
