Friday Night's Dream Lyrics
Dream something on a Friday night, tell someone on Saturday, and it will come true. Or so this old four-line rhyme promises.
Friday Night's Dream
Friday night's dream
On the Saturday told,
Is sure to come true,
Be it never so old.
Printed from https://nurseryrhymes.co/friday-nights-dream/
- Type
- Mother Goose
- Tune
- Spoken rhyme
- Best for ages
- 5 to 10 years
What Does Friday Night's Dream Mean?
The rhyme is a piece of old folk belief. A dream you have on Friday night, if you tell it the next day, is "sure to come true", however long it takes: "be it never so old". It is a superstition, a belief that is not based on facts, and part of the fun is deciding whether to believe it.
History and Origin
James Orchard Halliwell collected the rhyme in The Nursery Rhymes of England. Rhymes about days of the week and luck were common in the past, like Monday's Child, and many families still swap dreams over breakfast.
Learning Activities
- Dream diary: draw or write down a dream each morning for a week.
- Breakfast talk: share dreams at breakfast and talk about where they might come from.
- True or not? talk about what a superstition is.