The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-06-15
rradlnlons Of the NalIs.

a Gul lOOo
tHat Adam was entirely clothed in q
hard, horny skin, and only lost IT and
became subject TO evil spirits on los.
ing Paradise. The nails are the rem.
nants Of this dress, but they are 50
cred, and who ever cuts them of and
throws the cuttings away does him.
self an injury. An Old Persian Chron:
Gle says that Eve also possessed this
dress, and the nails were left to remind
them OF the loss OF Paradise.
The Ancient Edda OF tie Scandina,
vians tells OF a great ship, NasI:ar,
which will appear at the last day. 1t
is made Of dead msu's nails, and par
ings should not be thrown away, nor
should any one die with impaired
nails, "for ne who dies so, supplies
material for the building OF that yes,
sci, which gods and men will wish were
finished as late as possible"
The Jewish Talmud OF Babylon for.
bids the Jews to leave the nail arinCs
on the ground, for fear OF the conse-
quences to women passing over them.
They should be burned or hidden
away. Another old work says: He
who burns the pariugs OF his nails IS
a pious man; be who buries them is
equally so; but he who casts them on
the earth is an impious mao" Many
Jews still carefully burn or bury these
cuttings. These are taken, inclosed
between two small bits o. wood and
consumed. The reason alleged is that
the body should be burned or buried.
) and that nail pairing being left above
ground, the soul of the possessor will
wander abroad after his death. In
Norway they are burned, or else one
will have to gather the pieces on the
last day.
There are many curious beliefs in
regard to the name in which the
nails should be cut. He who has had
the habit OF pairing them frequently
will have no good luck, say Andalu-
sian w~iseracres, and he who cuts
them Tvs a tire, allowing the parings
to drop into it, will become q fool.
In Iceland, it is believed that any
one turning toward the north
while trimming his nails will soon die.
Norwegian peasants say you must use
the knife with which you trim the
nails to cut something else before put
ting ii away. If you cut With is three
times into wood you are free from
any danger of sorcery. Arabs proper.
" regard it as bad taste to bite the
nails.
The nails of infants are regarded
with peculiar attention in many lands.
II is generally thought throughout
Europe that they must not be cut at
all until the child has attained a GER
tain age. In one part Of France, it is
said that they must not be trimmed
ct all or the child viii grow slowly; in
ia an other that il will not learn to
talk soon; in another, that it will be
q thief; in another, that cutting them
before the child is V years old, will
destroy its wit. while the limit in still
another part of the same country is
but one year.
In Germany, and in parts OF Eng.
land, 1t is said that the child viii be-
come a thief il its nails are cut while
st the breast, and it is prescribed both
In these countries and in France. that
they should be bitten OF, preferably
by the mother. Many mothers in our
own country believe this, and prefer
70 use no steel. biting or pinching the
tender growths.
An old English proverb says,
Better a child had ns,er been born.
Than cut his nails IN q Sunday norn.p
In Sicily. to avoid trouble, q piece Of
money Is put into q child's hands the
6rst time its nails are trimmed. An
delusian mothers carefully cut them
from behind the door Il they wish the
child TO be a good singer. while North
cumberland parents bury the FIRST
cutting under an ash tree for thesame
reason. It ID said IN many parts Of
France. ard in many parts our econ
try that q 7-months child has no
nails.
AT 70 Monday, you should cut
them then, Il you neglect il Saturday,
for then You will not suffer from the
to0thache, say Vendean peasants. IL
q also b good day in Berne for 4
A~N@R8a a. IAtu 0CHhAt4tGuI III
neux-eevres. France. it you cut them
Monday morning, You viii have a
present or good fortune Of some kind
during the week. IN Pomerania. on
the contrary. it il believed that you
VIII nave no luck Throughout the week,
II you cut Them on the frat day. The
salna DISQUALIFICATION the opera
ton performed on Tuesday. III
Ealahria. 10 Normandy, in Maine and
Ia Nalenciennes, to cut them on
Tuesday. Wednesday or Friday is
unfortunate. for you will have hang.
nails. Il is a lucky day Id Berne, for
you wall never have tho malafia or
tocehache. i you cut them then. In
SUSSEX England. it IS saids ltyou cut
them on Tuesday morning without
thinking 81 a iox's tail, you will get q
Present. Ia Lusatia, It Is said that
cutting them on Wednesday keeps
Chem from growing until the next
Sunday Thursday seems to be q
lucky dayt performthis actof necee-
shy. Tor itas without mention Ia the
popular legends. Friday comes ia for
its Share of nl-luck. ia the Depart
Nett Of Maine. the person cutting
tnem on Friday will be unlortunate,
and IN SUSSEX. Endiand tq,nt them