Telling fortunes by cards : $b a symposium of the several ancient and modern methods as practiced by Arab seers and sibyls and the Romany GypsiesAli, Mohammed
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Telling fortunes by cards : $b a symposium of the several ancient and modern methods as practiced by Arab seers and sibyls and the Romany Gypsies
Ali, Mohammed
Card games; Fortune-telling; Fortune-telling by cards
There are now removed the three court cards, viz.:--the jack of clubs
in the first row, the jack of diamonds in the second, and the king of
diamonds in the third. These are replaced by the nine of clubs in the
first row, five of spades in the second, and six of hearts in the
third. The cards are now to be covered. In the first row, four and
seven of spades, making respectively eleven covered by ten of clubs
and ten of spades. Eleven is now made, where possible, from all three
rows. In the second row will be found the six and five of spades;
these are covered by two and one of clubs. In the third row, one of
clubs and ten of hearts, covered by seven of diamonds and three of
spades. In the same row, five of diamonds and six of hearts, covered
by the two of diamonds and king of hearts. In the first and second
rows, nine of clubs and two of spades, covered by the four and eight
of diamonds. In the second row, three and eight of diamonds, covered
by the jack of hearts and queen of clubs. In the first and second row,
the one and ten of spades, covered by the three of hearts and three of
spades. In the first and third rows, four of clubs and seven of
diamonds, covered by the ten of diamonds and nine of hearts. In the
third row, nine of hearts and two of diamonds, covered by the five of
clubs and ace of diamonds. In the first and third rows, ten of clubs
and ace of diamonds, covered by the seven of hearts and queen of
diamonds. In the first row, four of diamonds and seven of hearts,
covered by the eight and five of hearts. In the first and third rows,
eight of hearts and three of clubs, covered by the seven of clubs and
jack of spades. In the first and second rows, seven of clubs and four
of hearts, covered by the two of clubs and eight of spades. In the
first and second rows, the three of hearts and eight of spades,
covered by the king and nine of spades. In the first row, two of clubs
and nine of spades, covered by the ace of hearts and six of diamonds.
In the first row, again, the ace of hearts and ten of diamonds,
covered by the two of hearts and six of clubs. In the first and third
rows, five and six of clubs, covered by the nine of diamonds and queen
of hearts. In the first row, five of hearts and six of diamonds,
covered by the king and eight of clubs. Then in the first and second
rows, the eight of clubs and three of spades, as there is only one
card remaining, viz.:--the queen of spades, the three other cards to
be covered, those put aside at first are taken up, the last two to be
covered being the nine of diamonds and two of hearts, covered by the
jack of diamonds and jack of clubs. In this case the wish is supposed
to be realized; but in some cases it will be found that it has not
made up the number eleven in the two cards, and then it is taken that
the wish may be either delayed or not fulfilled.
CURIOUS GAMES WITH CARDS
_By Which Fortunes Are Told in a Most Singular and Diverting Manner._
LOVERS' HEARTS.
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