Curse of Scotland on the eve of the Battle of Culloden (1746). However he went on to remark that the book claims that "The curse of Scotland must be something which that nation hates and detests. The Scots held in the utmost detestation the Pope." In the card game Pope Joan, very popular in the 19th century, the 9 is the most powerful card, and it is called the "Pope". The game is played on a special board on which the middle is marked "Pope Joan", and it is used in association with this card. The game uses 51 cards (the 8 is
Bells (card suit) ("Schellen 7") or, in South Tyrol the 6 of Bells ("Belle, Weli") is the second highest trump card in the game of Watten. The gallery below shows a suit of Bells from a German suited deck of 32 cards, plus the "Weli" or 6 of Bells which is used in some games as an 'honour' card. The main deck is of the Saxonian pattern: Bells (card suit) Bells are a suit in playing cards of the German-suited cards. They correspond to Diamonds in a French deck. The suit is usually known in German as Schellen, but is sometimes abbreviated to