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You’ve heard of the “Bible Belt” and the “Rust Belt,” but what about the “Euchre Belt”? According to Michigan Radio’s “Stateside,” the phrase refers to the six states where the ...
Euchre, it turns out, reflects life. The game is played with 24 cards, 9 through ace. Like bridge, one suit becomes trump and defeats all other cards (no election jokes, please). The jack of the ...
Growing up in Indiana, or in other parts of the Midwest, learning to play the card game euchre (pronounced yew-ker) is practically a rite of passage. Many of us Hoosiers learned to play this ...
Perhaps the biggest surprise when I came to school here was the lore surrounding the game euchre (pronounced YEW-ker). This card game is known as a “Midwest secret,” but is especially well-loved in ...
You can tell, because every pack of cards at any of our houses has the euchre deck of nines through aces already organized to one side of the box, their edges darker and more bent than the others ...
Have a story to tell? See our guidelines at tgam.ca/essayguide. First Person – Euchre Tournament When I was a twentysomething living with my husband in downtown Toronto, we were constantly on ...
Until next month, when they show up for the next sheepshead gathering.” Euchre, another game that originated in Germany that became extremely popular in the Midwest thanks to German immigrants ...
NEW GLARUS, Wis. (WKOW) -- New Glarus hosted Euchre players from around the world Saturday at the first World Euchre Championship. Organizers said over 160 participants made up 80 teams at 40 tables.