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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...
- and
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...
- A
curse (also
called an imprecation, malediction, execration, malison, anathema, or commination) is any
expressed wish that some form
of adversity or misfortune...
- 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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of sixteen oil
paintings commissioned by
Brown &
Bigelow to
advertise cigars, and a 1910 painting.[unreliable source?] All
eighteen paintings in
the overall...
- 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...
- In
The Unpleasantness at
the Bellona Club, in
the chapter "
The Curse if
Scotland", Lord
Peter has a
bottle of Liebfraumilch with his lunch. In
the book...
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the origin of the nickname of the 9
of Diamonds as
the curse of Scotland, a
correspondent of The Gentleman's
Magazine in 1786,
states that: when
the Duke...
