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.)