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Curse of Scotland
The Curse of Scotland is a nickname used for the Nine of Diamonds playing card.〔
The Oxford English Dictionary (1971) and Chambers 20th Century Dictionary (1983) give similar definitions〕 The expression has been used at least since the early 18th century, and many putative explanations have been given for the origin of this nickname for the card.
==Earliest printed references==
In a book printed in London in 1708, ''The British Apollo, or, Curious amusements for the ingenious'', a question is posed:
Q. ''Why is the'' Nine of Diamonds ''called'' the curse of Scotland?
A. Diamonds as the Ornamental Jewels of a Regnal Crown, imply no more in the above-nam'd Proverb than a mark of Royalty, for SCOTLAND'S ''Kings'' for many Ages, were observ'd, each ''Ninth'' to be a ''Tyrant'', who by Civil Wars, and all the fatal consequences of intestine discord, plunging the ''Divided Kingdom'' into strange Disorders, gave occasion, ''in the course of time'', to form the Proverb.〔. See also (【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.dsl.ac.uk/getent4.php?plen=1885&startset=8129577&dtext=snd&query=CURSE_OF_SCOTLAND ) (entry for ''Curse of Scotland'').〕
A similar book of 1726 gives the same question and answer, still regarding the question as relating to a proverb. By 1757 the card was described as "commonly called the Curse of Scotland" with the explanation that the epithet refers to Lord Ormistoune, Lord Justice Clerk from 1692 to 1735, who suppressed the Jacobite rising of 1715 and "became universally hated in Scotland".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.dsl.ac.uk/getent4.php?plen=45582&startset=23730321&query=LORD&fhit=curse+of+scotland&dregion=entry&dtext=snd#fhit ) (entry for ''Lord'')〕 In 18th-century Scotland, the nine of diamonds was sometimes called the "Justice Clerk", and was considered to be the most unlucky card in the pack.
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