Each of us wondered why mennail on the little finger, when I met such persons. In fact, this tradition is very old. How did it come about? There are a lot of opinions about this.
How did this custom come about?
Some researchers tend to argue thatthe nails on the little fingers of men were already in ancient China. Thus, representatives of a strong half of humanity demonstrated their position in society. An interesting fact is that the longer the nail itself was, the higher was the position of the man among those around him, and he was deeply respected.
Later, in the XVII – XVIII centuries, among aristocratsalso appeared lovers wear nails on the little fingers. In men, in this case there was another goal. It was just convenient for them to open the postal envelope this way. After all, a paper knife was not always at hand. Such a custom existed for a long time, until the XX century. Later, in order to seal the letter, they began to use glue instead of sealing wax.
Nail on the little finger in men in Franceused completely for other purposes. There the aristocrats did not knock on the door, but slowly scraped it with a fingernail. Some historians claim that this feature was even among the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. Veresaev wrote that all masons were obliged to grow such a nail. Pushkin was also considered a Freemason, as he had such a distinctive feature. She noticed the famous artist Tropinin, who came to him to draw a portrait.
Some interesting facts about the emergence of such a tradition
Almost no one knows that the nails on the little fingersfor men who worked as assistant drivers, were mandatory attributes. Workers used the nail in order to twist the tape, which displayed a lot of useful information. For example, this is the braking distance, stopping, train speed and much more. She served as a kind of black box that kept important information in it.
In the 1950s, nails on the little fingers of mentestified that the person belongs to the criminal world and is a thief. Such people absolutely did not want to work, and they tried to grow the nail as long as possible to show their superiority over the other prisoners.
In America in the 1980s, long nails onlittle fingers for men were among drug addicts. They sniffed cocaine, raking up their powder. For this purpose, even a kind of dose was invented, which was called nail.
Also card sharper, other language "kataly",they grew the nail in order to share the cards during the hand. So they could perform a fraudulent eat. And after some simple people began to adhere to this tradition. And we saw the nails on the little fingers in men quite often. Although many of them did not even know why they need it. They just followed the mod.
Modern attitude to this tradition
Today, European men call such a custom.movetonom. They have long ceased to pay attention to it. It should be noted that this has spread not only to the inhabitants of Europe, but also all over the world. But Asians are completely different about this. Eastern representatives of the stronger sex consider it their own decoration. They are sure that the nails on the little fingers of men are able to bring them only good luck.
