 A man had better ne'er been born, Than have his nails on a Sunday shorn. Cut them on Monday, cut them for health ; Cut them on Tuesday, cut them for wealth ; Cut them on Wednesday, cut them for news ; Cut them on Thursday for a pair of new shoes ; Cut...  Macedonian Folklore - Side 190af George Frederick Abbott - 1903 - 372 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Percy Society - 1847 - 358 sider
...Sir Thomas Browne, " of paring nail, and cutting hair, is thought by many a point of consideration. Cut them on Monday, cut them for health ; Cut them...Cut them on Saturday, see your sweetheart tomorrow. Cut them on Sunday, cut them for evil; For all the week long will be with you the Dcevtl. When Skiddaw... | |
 | 1900 - 614 sider
...cut them for wealth ; Cut them on Wednesday, cut them for news ; Cut them on Thursday, a new pair of shoes ; Cut them on Friday, cut them for sorrow ; Cut them on Saturday, a present to-morrow ; But he that on Sunday cuts his horn Better that he had never been born." RICHARD... | |
 | William Henderson - 1866 - 380 sider
...them on Tuesday, cut them for wealth ; Cut them on Wednesday, out them for news, Cut them on Thursday, a pair of new shoes ; Cut them on Friday, cut them for sorrow, Cut them on Saturday, a present to-morrow ; But he that on Sunday cuts his horn, • Better that he had never been born !... | |
 | World - 1868 - 528 sider
...In June He changes his tune ; In July He prepares to fly ; In August Fly he must. CURIOUS STANZAS ON NAIL-CUTTING.— A man had better ne'er been born,...Cut them on Saturday, see your sweetheart tomorrow. A CURIOUS WILL.— The following last will and testament was proved on the 5th of July, 1737 :— This... | |
 | John Glyde (jr) - 1872 - 428 sider
...them for wealth ; Out them on Wednesday, cut them for news ; Cut them on Thursday, for a new pair of shoes ; Cut them on Friday, cut them for sorrow ; Cut them on Saturday, see your true love to-morrow ; Cut them on Sunday, and the devil will be with you all the week. Small white... | |
 | World - 1874 - 452 sider
...In June He changes his tune ; In July He prepares to fly ; In August Fly he must. CURIOUS STANZAS ON NAIL-CUTTING.— A man had better ne'er been born,...Cut them on Saturday, see your sweetheart tomorrow. A CURIOUS WILL. — The following last will and testament was proved on the 5th of July, 1737 : —... | |
 | Thomas Firminger Thiselton- Dyer - 1878 - 344 sider
...from another rhyme, which, by-the-bye, includes each day of the week in this piece of folklore : — " A man had better ne'er been born, Than have his nails...them on Saturday, see your sweetheart to-morrow." There are various versions of this rhyme, differing somewhat in detail, as, for example, in Hertfordshire... | |
 | William Henry Kearley Wright - 1883 - 296 sider
...xhorn. Cut them on Monday, cut them for health ; Cut them on Tuesday, cut them for wealth ; Cut them oi Wednesday, cut them for news ; Cut them on Thursday...them on Saturday, see your sweetheart to-morrow." We have no doubt the Devonshire people, who hold that, to transplant parsley Is to commit a serious... | |
 | 1863 - 412 sider
...Wednesday, cut them for news ; Cut them on Thursday, for a pair of new shoes; Cut them on Fiïday, cut them for sorrow ; Cut them on Saturday, see your sweetheart tomorrow. Ik raad dus alle matrones aan den woensdag te gedenken. Maar gij, jongelui ! wijdt den zaturdag tot... | |
 | British Archaeological Association - 1884 - 542 sider
...them for wealth ; Cut them on Wednesday, cut them for news ; Cut them on Thursday for a new pair of shoes ; Cut them on Friday, cut them for sorrow ;...Cut them on Saturday, see your sweetheart to-morrow ; Cut them on Sunday, cut them for evil ; Cut them all the week round, and you'll go to the Devil."... | |
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