Never heard this one!  I had understood the myth about the midwives' long
fingernail was to snag a bag of waters!

<midwives of old kept a fingernail long and sharp to snip tongue ties.

Linda J. Tandy, MSN, RN, IBCLC
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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