card names

[z_lasu]

Hello;

I heard that various cards have their names due to history, legends or whatever:) Does anybody know why 4 of clubs is called 'Devil's Bedpost' or 4 of hearts - 'Hob Collingwood' or 4 of spades - 'Ned Stokes'?

 

all I found:

http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~daf/i-p-c-s.org/f...ur-of-clubs.php

http://www.answers.com/topic/playing-card (paragraph 'English Folklore: playing cards')

[babalu1997]

I have one more link, perhaps the answer is there:

 

http://www.bridgehands.com/C/Card_Names.htm