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#1 User is offline   z_lasu 

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Posted 2008-September-10, 06:01

Hello;
I heard that various cards have their names due to history, legends or whatever:) Does anybody know why 4 of clubs is called 'Devil's Bedpost' or 4 of hearts - 'Hob Collingwood' or 4 of spades - 'Ned Stokes'?

all I found:
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~daf/i-p-c-s.org/f...ur-of-clubs.php
http://www.answers.c...ic/playing-card (paragraph 'English Folklore: playing cards')
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Posted 2008-September-10, 06:34

I have one more link, perhaps the answer is there:

http://www.bridgehan.../Card_Names.htm

View PostFree, on 2011-May-10, 03:57, said:

Babalu just wanted a shoulder to cry on, is that too much to ask for?
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