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 new pair of shoes
Cut them on Friday, cut them for sorrow
Cut them on Saturday, sweetheart tomorrow
(The Book of Forbidden Knowledge: Black Magic, Superstition, Charms and, Divination, Johnson Smith and Company, 1910.)