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[25] »Dem hat der Teufel einen Nagel geschmiedet«, sagt man von jemand, der viel Gluck hat.

Ist dazu Panzer, Beiträge, II, 176, zu vergleichen? – »In Ireland, if any one finds a nail, which has fallen out of a pig's nose, it is instantly hung round child's neck, like a gospel; it being believed that the fairies had laid it in the way for that purpose.« Athenaeum, Oct. 1846, S. 1068.