Partners should avail themselves of the methods common to four-handed Euchre to support one another in trumps and plain suits. The discard should invariably be from weakness if the player is the bidder’s partner; and from strength, if opposed to him. _=EUCHRE FOR FIVE PLAYERS.=_ This is practically the same as the seven-handed game, but the pack is reduced to 28 cards, all below the Eight in each suit being deleted. The Joker is not used. Five cards are dealt to each player, by two and three at a time, and the three remaining form the widow. The player bidding _=three=_ tricks takes one partner only. The player bidding _=four=_ or _=five=_ tricks, takes two partners. A player who intends to take the widow, but no partners, can bid _=eight=_ and one who intends to take neither widow nor partners can bid _=fifteen=_. In this form of Euchre the scores are generally known, and 100 points is game.
--Jamieson. Genteel Lady A player begins thus:-- I, a genteel lady (or gentleman) came from that genteel lady (or gentleman) to say that she (or he) owned a tree. The other players repeat the words in turn, and then the leader goes over them again, adding, with bronze bark. The sentence goes round once more, and on the next repetition the leader continues, with golden branches. He afterwards adds, and silver leaves, and purple fruit, and on the top a milk-white dove, and, finally, mourning for the loss of his lady-love. If a player should fail in repeating the rigmarole, there is a fine to pay. A pipe-lighter is stuck in her hair, and she must say one-horned lady instead of genteel lady. When a second horn is added, of course she says two-horned, and so forth. Some players wear half-a-dozen before the conclusion of the game. The game is called The Wonderful Tree.
Cat-gallows. Cat i the Hole. Cat after Mouse. Catchers. Chacke-Blyndman. Chance Bone. Change Seats. Checkstone. Cherry Odds. Cherry-pit.
A “stack of whites” is $5. Starter, the cut card at Cribbage. Stechen, G., to trump. Still Pack, the one not in play when two are used. Stock, cards left after the deal is complete, but which are to be used in the following play. Stool Pigeon, a hustler. Straight Whist, playing a hand and immediately shuffling the cards for another deal, as distinguished from Duplicate. Strength in Trumps, enough to justify a player in passing a doubtful trick; usually four or five at least. Strengthening Cards, those which are of no practical trick-taking value to the leader, but which may be useful to the partner; usually restricted to Q J 10 9.
The object is at this distance to throw the bowl into the hole. He who does this most frequently wins. It is now more generally called The Hole, but the old designation is not quite extinct. It is otherwise played in Angus. Three holes are made at equal distances. He who can first strike his bowl into each of these holes thrice in succession wins the game (Jamieson). It is alluded to in _The Life of a Scotch Rogue_, 1722, p. 7. See Bun-hole. Carrick Old name for Shinty in Fife.