It is unlucky to point to the moon, there being a notion that the "man" who was transported to that satellite for stealing sticks won't stand being pointed at.
To have a female come into your house the first thing on New Year's morning. So extensively does this absurdity prevail, that in many towns young lads make "a good thing of it" by selling their services to go round and enter the houses first that morning.
As to cutting your nails on a Sunday, the following couplet is very expressive:
"Better a child was never born
Than cut his hoofs of a Sunday."
This is varied in some districts, thus—
"Better a child were never born
Than on the Sunday[7] shear the horn."
[7] Some say Friday.
The itching of the nose is a sign of bad news, or, as some have it, that "you will be kissed, cursed, or vexed, or shake hands with a fool." If the ear itches, you may expect news from the living; if the face burns, some one is talking about you; when you shudder, a person is walking over the spot where your grave will be; and if your foot itches it is a sign you will tread on strange ground.
To make presents of knives or scissors will be sure to cut off love or friendship; but if something is given in exchange, it prevents this bad effect.
Babies must never have their nails cut, but bitten, to prevent their becoming thieves.