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Title:Celt Notefile
Moderator:TALLIS::DARCY
Created:Wed Feb 19 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1632
Total number of notes:20523

749.0. "Question on 'Curse of Scotland'" by CAM::WAY (There's no winners...only survivors) Wed May 02 1990 09:52

After a quick scan of the directory, I didn't see a general question
topic.  If The Moderator wishes to move this, feel free....


A friend was playing Trivial Pursuit the other evening, and called me
up to ask a question about an answer....

The question that they had was:

		What playing card from a standard deck of cards 
		is called the Curse of Scotland?

The answer was:
		The Nine of Diamonds.


My friend wanted to know why.  Even though I'm of Scottish origin I 
had no idea.  Do any of you "Celtic Noters" have an explanation, as
this has gotten me curious now too....


Thanks in advance,
frank
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749.1Burns of the Scottish Affairs desk.......PENUTS::KSULLIVANWed May 02 1990 14:152
    This one's yours, keVin.............
                     
749.2My Pleasure ......HILL16::BURNSA fool and his money are some PartyWed May 02 1990 14:3010
    
    
    	Maybe someone in the MARVIN::SCOTLAND notesfile might have the
        answer  ???
    
    
    	
    
    	keVin
    
749.3CAM::WAYThere's no winners...only survivorsWed May 02 1990 16:163
Thanks, I'll give that a try....

fw
749.4The Curse Of Scotland.ARRAN::KDELANEYMon May 07 1990 08:4020
    The card is called the curse of Scotland because legend has it that at
    the Battle Of Culloden on the 16 th of April 1746 the commander of the
    Government forces,the Butcher Cumberland,wrote the no mercy,no
    surrender order on the handiest piece of paper which happened to be the
    card in question.
    The order was ruthlessly carried out by the Government forces on that day
    and on many days afterwards.
    The butchery was so severe that even after nearly two hundred and fifty
    years the name of  H.R.H. The Duke of Cumberland is still spoken with 
    distaste in Scotland.
    It is interesting to note that the first thing that you see when
    entering Inverarray Castle,the seat of the Campbell Dukes of Argyll,is
    a painting of Butcher Cumberland on his white horse.
    To all you who know, this fact will speak volumes.
    
                                                              Awrabest 
    
                                                                Kenny.
    
    
749.5Cumberlands Address ??COMICS::MILLARNo Porn please I'm GraphicThu May 10 1990 09:4112
    Hi,
    	Does anybody know the words of the "Duke of Cumberlends Address". 
    Just curious really.  I was listening to some of Handel's Coronation
    Anthems the other evening and read the sleeve which stated that one
    peice was written for Cumberlands "triumphant" return to London.  I
    should know more about this being a Scot, but I don't and am interested
    to learn.
    
    Regards
    
    
    Bruce