Each of us wondered why mena fingernail on a little finger when met similar persons. In fact, this tradition is very old. How did it come about? In this regard, there are many opinions.
How did this custom come about?
Some researchers tend to argue thatNails on the little fingers of men were still in ancient China. Thus, representatives of the strong half of humanity demonstrated their position in society. An interesting fact is that the longer the nail was, the higher the position of the man among the people around him, and he was deeply respected.
Later, in the XVII-XVIII centuries, among aristocratsalso there were fans of wearing nails on little fingers. In this case, the men had a different goal. It was simply convenient for them to open the envelope in this way. After all, the paper knife was not always at hand. This custom lasted long enough, until the XX century. Later, in order to seal the letter, they began to apply glue instead of sealing wax.
Nail on the little finger for men in Francewas used entirely for other purposes. There aristocrats did not knock on the door, but slowly scraped her fingernail. Some historians argue that this feature was even in the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. Veresaev wrote that all Masons had to grow such a nail. Pushkin was also considered a Mason, since he had such a distinctive feature. She noticed a famous artist Tropinin, who came to him to draw a portrait.
A few interesting facts about the emergence of such a tradition
Almost no one knows that nails on little fingersfor men who worked as assistant engineers, were mandatory attributes. Workers used a nail in order to twist the tape, which showed a lot of useful information. For example, it's a stopping distance, a stop, a train speed and much more. She acted as a kind of black box, which contained important information.
In the 1950s, fingernails on little fingers in mentestified that a person belongs to the criminal world and is a thief. Such people did not want to work at all, and they tried to grow the nail as long as possible in order to show their superiority over other prisoners.
In America in the 1980s, long fingernailslittle fingers in men were among drug addicts. They snorted cocaine like that, grabbing powder. To this end, was even invented a kind of dose, which was called nail.
Also, card cheaters, another language "kataly"they grew a nail in order to divide the cards during the distribution. So they could perform a fraudulent sweep. And after some simple inhabitants began to adhere to this tradition. And we saw nails on little fingers in men often enough. Although many of them did not even know why they need it. They just followed fashion.
Modern attitude to this tradition
Today, European men call this custommauveton. They have long ceased to pay attention to this. It should be noted that this has spread not only to the inhabitants of Europe, but all over the world. But Asians treat this quite differently. Oriental representatives of the stronger sex consider this their own decoration. They are sure that the nails on the little fingers of men can only bring them luck.
