Dead Man's Hand-poker

[Sam Clements]

Doug,

I guess I didn't search Ancestry before?  What's the 1888 cite?

I knew that when you subscribed to Ancestry, it was all over for me.

Next thing you know, they'll be quoting you in the NYTimes.   :)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas G. Wilson" <douglas at NB.NET>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 10:54 PM
Subject: Re: Dead Man's Hand-poker


> At a glance, ancestry.com shows the idea of the dead man's hand from 1885,
> the actual phrase "dead man's hand" from 1888 (for aces and eights) and
> from 1905 (for jacks and eights). I searched with "jacks/eights",
> "aces/eights". The idiot search engine can't handle "dead man's hand" for
> whatever reason.
>
> -- Doug Wilson
>