"Solomon Grundy" is a 19th century children's nursery rhyme, and was presented by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps in 1842. The poem is essentially a riddle in which the life of Solomon Grundy appears to take place in the process of a single week, the answer being that each day's events represent the seven ages of man. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... A nursery rhyme is a traditional song or poem taught to young children, originally in the nursery. ... James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (June 21, 1820 - January 3, 1889) was an English Shakespearean scholar. ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... For the live album by Rush, see All the Worlds a Stage (album). ...

Solomon Grundy,

Born on a Monday,

Christened on Tuesday,

Married on Wednesday,

Took ill on Thursday,

Grew worse on Friday,

Died on Saturday,

Buried on Sunday.

That was the end of

Solomon Grundy.

The name "Solomon Grundy" is believed to have derived from the English food Salmagundi, which was integrated into the English language from the French in the 17th century, and is a salad of cooked meats, lettuce, anchovies and eggs, with other condiments. The name of the salad was corrupted in the 18th century to Solomon Gundy, particularly in the United States. ^[1] This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...

References in popular culture

• The DC Comics character Solomon Grundy, a large, strong zombie supervillain, was named after this nursery rhyme
• In Batman: The Long Halloween, writer Jeph Loeb used the existing DC villain Solomon Grundy with an expanded version of the lyrics, which also included words about the weather rather than just his life:

Solomon Grundy, born on a Monday,

Christened on a stark and stormy Tuesday,

Married on a gray and grisly Wednesday,

Took ill on a mild and mellow Thursday,

Grew worse on a bright and breezy Friday,

Died on a gay and glorious Saturday,

Buried on a baking, blistering Sunday.

That was the end of Solomon Grundy.

• In the Justice League episode "The Terror Beyond," which features Solomon Grundy's death, his grave is marked "born on a Monday."

• Crash Test Dummies' "Superman's Song" refers to the comic book character: "Superman never made any money / Saving the world from Solomon Grundy"

In an animated segment from the very first episode of Sesame Street, a cartoon Solomon Grundy washes a different part of the left side of his body every day of the week, but in the end, he's still half dirty. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. ... Solomon Grundy is a DC Comics character, a large, strong zombie supervillain. ... This article is about the living dead. ... Doctor Doom, one of the most archetypal supervillains and his arch-enemies The Fantastic Four (in background). ... Joseph Jeph Siegbert Loeb III is an American motion picture and television producer/writer and award-winning comic book writer. ... Solomon Grundy is a DC Comics character, a large, strong zombie supervillain. ... Justice League is an American animated television series about a team of superheroes which ran from 2001 to 2004 on Cartoon Network. ... This article is about a music group. ... Supermans Song was the first single of the Canadian folk-rock group Crash Test Dummies and came from their 1991 debut album The Ghosts That Haunt Me. ... Sesame Street is an American educational childrens television series for preschoolers and is a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both education and entertainment. ...

"Solomon Grundy" is a short animated 3D film produced at the Savannah College of Art and Design in the fall of 2005 as a collaborative class project. This film is being showcased in a number of film festivals including the 2006 SIGGRAPH Animation Festival, where it received an honorable mention in the Fine/Art Experimental category.^[2] This article does not cite any references or sources. ... SIGGRAPH 2005 official logo SIGGRAPH (short for Special Interest Group in Graphics) is the name of the annual conference on computer graphics convened by the ACM SIGGRAPH organization. ...

Comic artist and writer Kaori Yuki wrote a short story centered around the poem using characters from her series God Child, which was published at the end of book five. Kaori Yuki (由貴 香織里 Yuki Kaori) is a manga artist (or mangaka) from Tokyo. ...

In Jasper Fforde's The Big Over Easy, set in a fantasy version of Reading, Berkshire where characters from nursery rhymes live, Solomon Grundy appears as the antagonistic CEO of a giant company called Winsum & Loosum. He is married to Rapunzel. Jasper Fforde (born in London on 11 January 1961) is an English novelist. ... The Big Over Easy is a novel written by Jasper Fforde and published in 2005. ... , Reading is a town, unitary authority (the Borough of Reading) and urban area in the English county of Berkshire. ... For other uses, see Rapunzel (disambiguation). ...

The poet Philippe Soupault adapted this rhyme and called it "The Life of Philippe Soupault".^[3] Philippe Soupault (August 2, 1897 – March 12, 1990) was a French writer and poet, novelist, critic, and political activist. ...

Ian McDonald wrote a science fiction novella "The Days of Solomon Gursky" (Asimov's Science Fiction June 1998, reprinted a. o. in Mike Ashley's anthology The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction, 2006^[4]) whose title and structure are based on the nursery rhyme. (The hero's name coincides with Mordecai Richler's 1989 novel Solomon Gursky Was Here.) It is about love, longing, nanotechnology, and the death and rebirth of the universe. The title character, Solomon Gursky, invents a way to resurrect the dead using nanotechnology. The story consists of seven chapters with the names of the days for titles that trace his life from the early 21st century through to the actual end of the universe and beyond: The many, and now completely fused, species of intelligent life throughout the universe construct a Tipler machine to record and recreate the entire universe. Ian McDonald at Worldcon 2005 in Glasgow Ian McDonald, born in 1960, is an award-winning British science fiction novelist, living in Belfast. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... A novella is a narrative work of prose fiction somewhat longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. ... Cover for an issue of Asimovs Science Fiction. ... Michael (Raymond Donald) Ashley (1948) is a well-known British bibliographer, author and editor of science fiction, mystery, and fantasy. ... Mordecai Richler, CC (January 27, 1931 – July 3, 2001) was a Canadian author, screenwriter and essayist. ... Solomon Gursky Was Here is a novel by Canadian author Mordecai Richler first published Viking Canada in 1989. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

Julian Symons wrote a murder mystery titled The End of Solomon Grundy (Harper & Row, 1964) in which the main character was named Solomon Grundy by a father with a tiresome sense of humor. Julian Gustave Symons (1912 - 1994) was a British writer, best known for crime fiction. ...

Musician Blaze Ya Dead Homie has a song on his album Colton Grundy: The Undying entitled "Timeline" that explains the life of Colton Grundy. The first half of the song is about Solomon Grundy, and how he could not die—he could just evolve into Colton. Blaze Ya Dead Homie (born April 27, 1976 as Chris Rouleau) is an American rapper currently on the Psychopathic Records label. ... Psychopathic Records artist formerly known as Blaze Ya Dead Homie (AKA Tha Undying). ...

Australian punk rock trio The Living End make reference to the nursery rhyme in their song "Dirty Man": Like I was born on Saturday, got buried on Sunday. This article is about the Australian band. ...

In Opal Whiteley's diary, Solomon Grundy is the name of her pet pig. In the version published in 1994 (The Singing Creek Where the Willows Grow), Chapter 24 is titled "A Wish Come True, and a Portrait of Solomon Grundy." Opal Whiteley (December 11, 1897—February 16, 1992) was a nature writer and diarist whose childhood journal was first published in 1920 as The Story of Opal. ...

The 1986 Harold Ramis film Club Paradise had an archvillain named Solomon Gundy. He is the corrupt prime minister of St. Nicholas. Harold Ramis (born November 21, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor, director, and writer. ... Club Paradise is a 1986 comedy film directed by Harold Ramis, and starring Robin Williams, Peter OToole, Jimmy Cliff and Rick Moranis. ...

In the anime series Shakugan no Shana, the nursery rhyme is used in the form of an offensive magical spell, aimed at the series main character. Demographic Male Published November 10, 2002 – ongoing Volumes 18 Manga Author Yashichiro Takahashi (original creator) Noizi Ito (original character design) Ayato Sasakura (art) Publisher MediaWorks Demographic Seinen Serialized in Dengeki Daioh Original run February 1, 2005 Volumes 4 TV anime: Shakugan no Shana Director Takashi Watanabe Studio J.C.Staff...

The Bluetones 1998 single "Solomon Bites the Worm" paraphrases the rhyme: Monday, Count all the teeth in my head / Tuesday, anointed by a man in a dress / Saturday I said my goodbyes / Sunday I'm food for the worms and the flies. The Bluetones are an English indie rock band, formed in Hounslow, Greater London, in 1994. ...

Henry Gibson, as one of his Laugh-In poems, did a version adapted to (then-modern) 1960's society: Henry Gibson (born September 21, 1935 in Germantown, Pennsylvania) is an American actor who was famous as a cast member of Rowan and Martins Laugh-In. ... Rowan & Martins Laugh-In was a United States comedy television show broadcast from January 22, 1968 through 1973 over the NBC Network. ...

Solomon Grundy born on Monday,

Went to school on Tuesday,

Grew a beard on Wednesday,

Expelled on Thursday,

Protested on Friday,

Arrested on Saturday,

Drafted on Sunday;

And this was the end of Solomon Grundy.

The 1992 Canadian film Buried on Sunday is set on the fictional island of Solomon Grundy, Nova Scotia. Buried on Sunday is a Canadian comedy film, released in 1992. ... Motto: Munit Hae et Altera Vincit (Latin: One defends and the other conquers) Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Regional Municipality Largest metro Halifax Regional Municipality Official languages English (de facto), French Government Lieutenant-Governor Mayann E. Francis Premier Rodney MacDonald (PC) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 11 Senate...

The 2007 film The Solomon Grundy Show, directed by Malcolm Campbell, divides the traditional Grundy's daily identities among several characters.

Kansas City Rapper Tech N9ne Mentions him in his song "Flipside" on his first major solo cd The Calm Before the Storm.

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