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The Curse of Scotland is a
nickname used for
the nine
of diamonds playing card.
The expression has been used at
least since the early 18th century, and...
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the second is a
reference to Shakespeare's po****r nickname.
According to a
theatrical superstition,
called the Scottish curse,
speaking the name...
- from
the crown of Scotland and a tax was
levied on
the Scottish people to pay for them –
the tax got
the nickname "
The Curse of Scotland".
The game
of Comète...
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Archbishop of Glasgow,
Scotland,
pronounced a
curse on
the Anglo-
Scottish Border reivers and
caused it to be read out in all
churches in
the border area...
- sports-related
curse is a
superstitious belief in
the effective action of some
malevolent power, that is used to
explain the failures or
misfortunes of specific...
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The curse of the ninth is a
superstition connected with
the history of classical music. It is
the belief that a
ninth symphony is
destined to be a composer's...
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episodes of The Curse of Oak
Island have aired.
The twelfth season premiered on
November 12, 2024.
The Curse of Oak
Island personnel "Shows A-Z –
curse of oak...
- avoided.
Curse of Scotland In
response to a
question about the origin of the nickname of the 9♦ as
the '
curse of Scotland', a
correspondent of The Gentleman's...
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of sixteen oil
paintings commissioned by
Brown &
Bigelow to
advertise cigars, and a 1910 painting.[unreliable source?] All
eighteen paintings in
the overall...
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called the Curse of Scotland. A
staking board is required, with
eight compartments labelled Ace, King, Queen, Jack, Game, Pope (9♦),
Matrimony (K Q
of trumps)...
