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luxurious, fearful, and an epicure, loving enjoyment, provided it is to be obtained without danger.
When there are certain white marks at the end, it testifies that the person is improvident, soon ruining their fortune through negligence.
Narrow Nails.—The person with such nails is desirous of attaining knowledge in the sciences; but is never at peace long with his neighbours.
If at both ends there is a redness, or mixture of different colours, the person is choleric, and delights in fighting.
When the end is black, the man loves agriculture; he places happiness in mediocrity, and from thence avoids the cares attendant on either extreme of fortune.
Fleshy Nails.—A calm person and idler, loving to sleep, eat, and drink; not delighting in bustle and a busy life.
Little Nails.—Little round nails discover a person to be obstinate, seldom pleased, inclining to hate every one, as conceiving himself superior to others, though without any foundation for such conception.
TO THE READER.
The foregoing pages are published principally to show the superstitions which engrossed the mind of the population of Scotland during a past age, and which are happily disappearing before the progress of an enlightened civilization. It is hoped, therefore, that the reader will not attach the slightest importance to the solutions of the dreams as rendered above, as dreams are generally the result of a disordered stomach, or an excited imagination.
