From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Saint Monday is the tradition of absenteeism on a Monday.[where?] Saint Tuesday is the less common extension of this to a Tuesday.[1] The tradition of taking Monday off has been common among craft workers since at least the seventeenth century,[2] when the workweek ran from Monday to Saturday as had been the custom and expectation for centuries. Brother workmen, cease your labour, Lay your files and hammers by Listen while a brother neighbour Sings a cutler’s destiny: Fare thee well ye factory darlin’s Fare the well me cruel machine Men are here to wet their whiskers Whiskey, Gin and auld Poteen How upon a good Saint…