Evidence
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| Tradition | Source | Passage | Confidence | Evidence | Record |
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| Comparative | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) | CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD. / FOOTNOTES; lines 10942-11093 | medium | The note says the reason alleged by the Indians was that if girls' nails were cut sooner they would be lazy and unable to embroider in porcupine quill-work, and adds that this is probably a late invention like European reasons for a similar custom, commonly that the child would become a thief. | record |