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useless knowledge
Thought this was interesting
Did you know that traditionally the face cards of a playing deck were referred to by particular names? One source gives them these monikers:
SPADES HEARTS DIAMONDS CLUBS
King David Charles Cesar Alexander
Queen Pallas Judith Rachel Argine
Jack Hogier Lahire Hector Lancelot
Did you know that traditionally the face cards of a playing deck were referred to by particular names? One source gives them these monikers:
SPADES HEARTS DIAMONDS CLUBS
King David Charles Cesar Alexander
Queen Pallas Judith Rachel Argine
Jack Hogier Lahire Hector Lancelot
ak1971- Posts : 139
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Re: useless knowledge
I knew the kings were representative of famous kings/leaders of the past, but I was never sure which ones. I knew Caesar and Charles for sure. I had no idea about the queens and jacks, but always thought one of the queens was Cleopatra (Queen of the Nile).
Edit: BTW it is rather usless info. Probably posted it to boost your post count, huh?
Edit: BTW it is rather usless info. Probably posted it to boost your post count, huh?
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Re: useless knowledge
Yeah I think I am going to have to prune the OP to put Andy where he belongs.dexman1349 wrote:I knew the kings were representative of famous kings/leaders of the past, but I was never sure which ones. I knew Caesar and Charles for sure. I had no idea about the queens and jacks, but always thought one of the queens was Cleopatra (Queen of the Nile).
Edit: BTW it is rather usless info. Probably posted it to boost your post count, huh?
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