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Hand of cards during a game. The following is a glossary of terms used in card games.Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to bridge, hearts, poker or rummy), but apply to a wide range of card games played with non-proprietary pac
Twenty-five is the Irish national card game, which also underlies the Canadian game of Forty-fives. Charles Cotton describes its ancestor in 1674 as "Five Cards", and gives the nickname five fingers to the Five of Trumps extracted from the fact that the Irish word cúig means both 'five' and 'trick'. [1]
The result, one of the biggest ever upsets in Scottish football, led to the newspaper headline "Super Caley go ballistic, Celtic are atrocious" by The Sun. [23] The Guardian rated it as number 5 in six of the greatest football headlines. [24] One pun on the word jokes that Mahatma Gandhi was a "super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis ...
Card Strength Count Effects Guard 1 5 Player may choose another player and name a card other than the Guard. If the chosen player's hand contains the same card as named, that player is eliminated from the round. Priest 2 2 Player may privately see another player's hand. Baron 3 2 Player may choose another player and privately compare hands.
The nine of diamonds playing card is often referred to as the Curse of Scotland [16] or the Scourge of Scotland, [17] there are a number of reasons given for this connection: It was the playing card used by Sir John Dalrymple, the Earl of Stair, to cryptically authorise the Glencoe Massacre.
Honour card – a card that attracts a special bonus or payment for being held or captured in play. [13] In bridge, honours are the aces, the court cards and tens (A, K, Q, J, 10); in whist and related games, the aces and courts (A, K, Q, J). [14] Wild card – card that may be designated by the owner to represent any other card. [15]
Fidchell or gwyddbwyll is mentioned often in ancient Celtic legends and lore, but the exact form of the game is open to speculation due to lack of detail on the rules, playing pieces, and the board. It is clear that it was played on a board with opposing sets of pieces in equal numbers.
In November 2012, the Green Brigade organised a full stadium pre-match card display against Barcelona to celebrate Celtic's 125th anniversary. [25] The display featured a Celtic cross , green and white hoops and 125 Celtic in written form, with supporters earning the praise of club chairman Peter Lawwell .