Most of us routinely trim our fingernails. the cuttings are tossed into the wastebasket and we don't usually give it much thought. believers of would take special precautions with their fingernail clippings, which could be used to cast a spell on them.

Believers of contagious magic will take precautions with their fingernail clippings.

Explanation: Contagious magic believers belief that anything that is once associated with an individual can be used against that individual, can be nail clippings, clothes, shoes, hair e.t.c.

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