FINGER-NAILS

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• #115

  Always keep your nails clean and you will be rich.

  Peabody, Mass.
• #116

  A white spot in the nail, when it comes, means a present. You get the present when it grows to the end and is cut.

  Boston, Mass.
• #117

  White spots on the nails of the left hand denote the number of lies one has told.

  Maine and Central Illinois.
• #118

  Count on finger-nail spots:—

  Friends,
  Foes,
  Money,
  Beaux.

  Begin with the first nail spotted, and the noun falling to the last nail thus marked gives the sign.

  Deerfield, Mass.
• #119

  Another formula:—

  (First finger) a friend,
  (Second finger) a foe,
  (Third finger) a gift,
  (Fourth finger) a beau,
  (Fifth finger) a journey to go.

  An almost identical variant is found in Prince Edward Island.

  Mansfield, O.