It seems that choosing a day to cut your hair or nails will bode for you in the following way:
Cut them on Monday, you cut them for health;
cut them on Tuesday, you cut them for wealth;
cut them on Wednesday, you cut them for news;
cut them on Thursday, a new pair of shoes;
cut them on Friday, you cut them for sorrow;
cut them on Saturday, see your true love tomorrow;
cut them on Sunday, the devil will be with you all the week.
There are a few variations on that rhyme, but in all circumstances, cutting on Sunday is cutting for evil. Ah, imagine what they would have thought about Sunday shopping!
The Right Age for Cutting
Lest you think this is where it ends, I have more for you.
“If the finger or toe nails of an infant are cut previous to the age of 12 months, it will prove a thief in mature age”
So, what were they to do, let the nails and hair grow wild for the first year of life? Oh no, to that we have this advice:
“Mothers and nurses beware; and mind you continue the good old-fashioned custom of ‘nibbling’.”
Cut them on Monday, you cut them for health;
cut them on Tuesday, you cut them for wealth;
cut them on Wednesday, you cut them for news;
cut them on Thursday, a new pair of shoes;
cut them on Friday, you cut them for sorrow;
cut them on Saturday, see your true love tomorrow;
cut them on Sunday, the devil will be with you all the week.
There are a few variations on that rhyme, but in all circumstances, cutting on Sunday is cutting for evil. Ah, imagine what they would have thought about Sunday shopping!
The Right Age for Cutting
Lest you think this is where it ends, I have more for you.
“If the finger or toe nails of an infant are cut previous to the age of 12 months, it will prove a thief in mature age”
So, what were they to do, let the nails and hair grow wild for the first year of life? Oh no, to that we have this advice:
“Mothers and nurses beware; and mind you continue the good old-fashioned custom of ‘nibbling’.”
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