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  2. List of lucky symbols - Wikipedia

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    Eight Million Gods). See 8#As a lucky number. Aitvaras: Lithuania [5] Acorns: Norse [6] Albatross: Considered a sign of good luck if seen by sailors. [7] [8] Amanita muscaria: German Seen as a good luck symbol to find one, similar to a 4-leaf clover in Irish tradition [citation needed] Ashtamangala: Indian religions such as Hinduism, Jainism ...

  3. Superstition in Russia - Wikipedia

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    Lucky in cards not lucky in love. This, however, is only a pre-marital superstition. The reason for the division is that marriage is a sacrament in the Russian Orthodox Church, and this sacrament, ordained by God, eviscerates the pre-marital superstition.

  4. What Is a Yule Log? Here’s the True History of the ... - AOL

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    When you think of a yule log, you probably picture a roaring, wood-burning fire casting a warm light on an ornament-adorned Christmas tree.Or perhaps you have a sweet tooth and the first thing ...

  5. Yule log - Wikipedia

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    The Yule log is recorded in the folklore archives of much of England, but particularly in collections covering the West Country and the North Country. [13] For example, in his section regarding "Christmas Observances", J. B. Partridge recorded then-current (1914) Christmas customs in Yorkshire, Britain involving the Yule log as related by "Mrs. Day, Minchinhampton (Gloucestershire), a native ...

  6. Playing cards in Unicode - Wikipedia

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    The Playing Cards block contains one emoji: U+1F0CF PLAYING CARD BLACK JOKER. [1] [2] The emoji presentation sequences refine and colorize the text presentation of the playing card suits. ♠︎♥︎♦︎♣︎ becomes ♠️♥️♦️♣️. This was done by appending the U+FE0F code point to the textual code points shown far above.

  7. Visa is sued over 'Vanilla' gift card scam - AOL

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    Visa was sued on Tuesday by consumers who said the card payments network failed to make prepaid "Vanilla" gift cards less likely to being drained by thieves. Ira Schuman, who leads the proposed ...

  8. Leaves (suit) - Wikipedia

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    Leaves (German: Laub) is one of the four playing card suits in a deck of German-suited playing cards.This suit was invented in 15th century Germany and is a survivor from a large pool of experimental suit signs created to replace the Latin suits.

  9. Yule - Wikipedia

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    The modern English noun Yule descends from Old English ġēol, earlier geoh(h)ol, geh(h)ol, and geóla, sometimes plural. [1] The Old English ġēol or ġēohol and ġēola or ġēoli indicate the 12-day festival of "Yule" (later: "Christmastide"), the latter indicating the month of "Yule", whereby ǣrra ġēola referred to the period before the Yule festival (December) and æftera ġēola ...