The model book of dreams, fortune teller, and epitome of parlor entertainments (1864)
Temple, Henry. [from old catalog], Ottley, Cordelia M., [from old catalog] joint author · Cincinnati, J. R. Hawley & co. · leaf 271
e eight, and giving them again to be blown upon, theywill appear all black cards; you again take in the deuce, anddiscard the eight, when, by blowing on them, they will all turnred ; you now, for the last time, take in the eight, and throwaway a deuce, when they will be found to be four eights and… … Then, mixing them with a common pack, you next, under thepretense of selecting the eight of each suit, <md the deuce ofdiamonds, take out your false cards (Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4), whichyou hold as under; and taking No. 5 in your right hand, youshow your company that there are the four eights and…
Dreams · Fortune-telling · Amusements
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