10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ONYCHOMANCY»
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onychomancy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
onychomancy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Observations on popular antiquities: including the whole of ...
ONYCHOMANCY,. or. ONYMANCY,. DIVINATION BY THE FINGER-NAILS.
DIVINATION ry SIEVE and SHEERS. NOTES TO DIVINATION BY SIEVE. joynt of
the ring-finger are marks of an happy wit." " To strike another's palm is the habit of
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John Brand, sir Henry Ellis, 1842
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Dreaming the Future: The Fantastic Story of Prediction
In parts of Brazil today, a psychic coats the querent's thumbnail with soot and oil.
The coating provides a reflecting surface from which to scry. The modern version
of onychomancy is a bit like palmistry in which various features of the nails are ...
Clifford A. Pickover, 2001
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Observations on Popular Antiquities Chiefly Illustrating the ...
ONYCHOMANCY, OR ONYMANCY ; DIVINATION BY THE FINGER NAILS.
There was anciently a species of divination called Onychomancy, or Onymancy,
performed by the nails of an unpolluted boy; and vestiges of this practice still
survive.
John Brand, Sir Henry Ellis, 1900
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Robertson's Words for a Modern Age: A Cross Reference of ...
... see onomatomancy. onomatomancy, divination by interpreting the names, or
the number of vowels (even/odd) in a name, or the total number of letters, or the
sum of the numerical values of the letters. onychomancy (onimancy), divination of
...
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Observations on Popular Antiquities Chiefly Illustrating the ...
ONYCHOMANCY, OT ONYMANCY, divination hy the finger nails. There was
antiently a Species of Divination called Onychomancy, or Ony- mancy, performed
by the Nails of an unpolluted Boy. Vestiges of this are still retained. Sir Thomas ...
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"A Man Very Well Studyed": New Contexts for Thomas Browne
Robbins, 1.434. 24 Cardano G., De varietate rerum (Basel: 1557) 550–567. 25
Browne T., Pseudodoxia ed. Robbins, 1.434. 26 Browne's disavowal of
onychomancy is reiterated in a 1679 letter to Edward Browne: 'Chiromanticall
observations ...
Katherine Murphy, Richard Todd, 2008
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Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical ...
Anim, p. 143 ("Unarms odoratus"); Phibts. Transactions, xvii, 641; Johnston,
Introd, to Conchol. p. 77 ; Gcseuius, Thesaur. p. 1388. Onychomancy, a species
of divination anciently practiced by examining the nails of a boy. For this purpose
they ...
John McClintock, James Strong, 1894
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Cyclopaedia of Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical ...
... sub-prior at Maestricht, prior at Gand and Bruges, and definitor of the province.
He had at the same time great success as a preacher. Oonsell died at Gand Sept.
3, 1630. He wrote, Clara eellarii. ONYCHOMANCY. OONSELL. 381.
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Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: ...
ONYCHOMANCY, or ONYMANCY, DIVINATION BY THE FINGER-NAILS. There
was anciently a species of divination called onycho- mancy, or onymancy,
performed by the nails of an unpolluted boy. Vestiges of this are still retained.
John Brand, Sir Henry Ellis, 1872
Dr E. J. Thomas tells me that the Council of Treves ( 1 238) formally condemned
such onychomancy. 2 "Et tandem, quod juxta saeculi finem futurum est, omnium
impiorum regem Antichristum, velut omnium venenatorum animantium principem
...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ONYCHOMANCY»
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onychomancy is used in the context of the following news items.
After the asparagus fortune teller, here are 13 other wacky ways of …
Onychomancy is still popular around the world – Japanese girls are told that biting their fingernails will cause a difficult childbirth later in life. «Mirror.co.uk, Jan 12»
Karen Dalton, Roving Jewel
I lived in Seattle, it was summer, and I was housesitting for my high school English teacher, a kind weird man whose vocab lists had words like “onychomancy,” ... «Bookslut, Sep 11»
The History of Palmistry
His love of more occult sciences - like divination by nails reflecting sunrays (onychomancy), divination by the flight of birds (orniscopy), and ... «The Santa Barbara Independent, Jul 07»
