Search in folklore: cards

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Cards are the devil's prayer-book.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about devil

Cards play and gamblers brag.

Proverbs and old sayings

Lucky at cards, unlucky in love.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about love

He studies the Bible of fifty-two leaves (a pack of cards).

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

The devil's in the cards, said Sam, four aces and not a single trump.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about devil

Many can pack the cards that cannot play.

Proverbs and old sayings English

A pack of cards is the devil's prayer-book.

Proverbs and old sayings German about devil

He plays with open cards.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

A man who holds good cards would never say if they were dealt wrong.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about bad, good, good luck, man

Many people can pack the cards; fewer can play the game.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about games, people

When the prior plays cards, what will the monks do?

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Life is like a game in which God shuffles the cards, the devil deals them and we have to play the trumps.

Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian about games, devil, life, god

With someone holding nothing but trumps it is impossible to play cards.

Proverbs and old sayings German about impossible, nothing

Four things put a man beside himself--women, tobacco, cards, and wine.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about wine, things, man