Each of us wondered why men need a pinky nail when they met such persons. In fact, this tradition is very old. How did it come about? There are a lot of opinions about this.
How did this custom come about?
Some researchers tend to argue that the nails on the little fingers of men were present in ancient China. Thus, representatives of the strong half of humanity demonstrated their position in society. Interesting is the fact that the longer the nail itself was, the higher was the position of the man among those around him, and he was deeply respected.
Later, in the 17th-18th centuries, among the aristocrats, lovers of wearing nails on their little fingers also appeared. Men in this case had a different goal. It was just convenient for them to open the mail envelope in this way. After all, a paper knife was not always at hand. This custom existed for a long time, until the 20th century. Later, in order to seal the letter, they began to use glue instead of sealing wax.
Pinky nail on men in Franceused for completely different purposes. There, the aristocrats did not knock on the door, but slowly scratched it with their fingernails. Some historians argue that even the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin had a similar feature. Veresaev wrote that all Masons were required to grow such a nail. Pushkin was also considered a Freemason, as he had such a distinctive feature. She was noticed by the famous artist Tropinin, who came to paint a portrait of him.
Some interesting facts about the origin of this tradition
Almost no one knows that the little fingernails of men who worked as machinists' assistants were mandatory attributes. The workers used their fingernail to twist the tape, which displayed a lot of useful information. For example, this is the stopping distance, stopping, train speed and much more. She served as a kind of black box that stored important information.
In the 1950s, pinky nails on men testified 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 a nail as long as possible to show their superiority over the other prisoners.
In America in the 1980s, long pinkie nails for men were among drug addicts. They snorted cocaine like that, raking in the powder. For these purposes, even a peculiar dose was invented, which was called nail.
Also, card sharpers, in another language "katali", grew a nailin order to separate the cards during the deal. So they could perform a fraudulent eat. And then some ordinary inhabitants began to adhere to such a tradition. And we've seen little fingernails on men quite often. Although many of them did not even know why they needed it. They just followed the fashion.
Modern attitude to this tradition
Today, European men call this custom bad manners. They have long ceased to pay attention to it. It should be noted that this has spread not only to the inhabitants of Europe, but throughout the world. But Asians see it differently. Eastern 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 good luck.
