See also [Nails]
Nails, golden or silver, driven into a sacred tree, ii. 36;
knocked into trees, walls, etc., ii. 42, 76, ix. 56 sqq.;
knocked into doors to keep out witches, ii. 339 sq.;
used as charms against fairies, demons, and ghosts, iii. 233, 234, 236;
knocked as a solemn ceremony by the highest magistrate at Rome, ix. 64 sqq.;
annually knocked into walls to record the years, ix. 67, 67 n. 2;
knocked into ground as cure for [pg 383] epilepsy, ix. 68, 330;
knocked into idols or fetishes, ix. 69 sq.