Have all the week to dry;
They that wash on Tuesday
Are not so much awry;
They that wash on Wednesday
Are not so much to blame;
They that wash on Thursday,
Wash for shame;
They that wash on Friday,
Wash in need;
And they that wash on Saturday,
Oh ! they are sluts indeed."
I have a friend who took early retirement and became the househusband. He told me what he did on which day. I was surprised when he said he washed the towels on Thursdays.
Now, I will admit that, when I was a little girl, wash day was Monday, but that was when washing machines had to be watched and the spinning done in a separate machine.
Nowadays a sunny, blowy day just begs for the towels to be washed. By good fortune there was no rain today.
Laura Ingalls Wilder explained which chore should happen on which day:
"Wash on Monday,
Iron on Tuesday,
Mend on Wednesday,
Churn on Thursday,
Clean on Friday,
Bake on Saturday,
Rest on Sunday."
I don't imagine she would approve of my waiting for a blue moon!
