It's funny that both golf and bridge have clubs that involve clubs. Really makes you think.
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Replying to @DougOrleans
I have no idea of the provenance of "clubs" as a card suit, and now you've got me thinking.
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Replying to @jj_magee
"club" and "clover" are etymologically related, I think?
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Replying to @DougOrleans @jj_magee
Wikipedia says this: Its original French name is Trèfle which means "clover" and the card symbol depicts a three-leafed clover leaf. The Italian name is Fiori ("flower"). The English name "Clubs" is derived from the suit of Bastoni (batons) in Italian-Spanish suited cards.
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Hm. Now you've got me wondering about the Rider-Waite tarot, which depicts "wands" as staves with leaves growing on them. An after-the-fact attempt at joining the two traditions?
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Replying to @CarlMuckenhoupt @GijsbersVictor and
I think it's more that he wanted to use Wands as the male principle (growth/germination, because gender symbology was VERY DIFFERENT in 1900). The French suits feel much closer to the Italian ones in the first place than the German ones (Acorns/Leaves/Hearts/Bells) do.
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Replying to @mcmmed @CarlMuckenhoupt and
Wand as a symbol of Male sexuality does not change over time.
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Replying to @AdventurerRetro @mcmmed and
I cannot resist quoting what the fictional author of my game Nemesis Macana has to say about Graham Nelson's Curses: "The story is about an attempt to penetrate the secrets of ancestors (every reader of Freud knows what that means) using a large assortment of ...
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