Five of clubs,
Chukup dengan gambala-nia.
Nine of diamonds, Bunga kachang raja budiman.Ten of clubs,Gagak sa-kawan raja di-hilir.
Singgah makan pedindang masak.
Masak pun lalu muda pun lalu.
Ace of diamonds if cut, Buntut kris Raja Bandahara.Do. if the hands of the dealer,Anak yatim jalan sa’orang.
Satu pun tidak marabahaya.
Two of diamonds, Semut ginting Che Amat pelak.
Two of hearts, Batang jamban.
Six is an unlucky card, Daun anam jahanam.
Nine of hearts, Hari panas kubang ber-ayer.“A player does not hastily look at his three cards and learn his fate at once, but
he prolongs the excitement by holding his cards tight together, and looking
alternately at the outside ones, and last of all at the middle one, sliding out the
latter between the two others little by little. Thus it is left uncertain for some
time whether a card is an eight or a seven, a nine or a ten.
“A man to whom a court-card, an eight, and an ace is dealt (if the eight is in the
middle), on finding that he has eleven by the two outside ones, says, for instance,
Handak kaki tiga, and then commences to slide out the middle card, hoping that
it is going to be an eight, or at all events a seven (three pips on each side). This
particular hand is called lang siput, because it is certain to carry off something.
“A man who has just held a winning hand will say, in expressing a hope of
continued good luck, ‘Tĕman handak pisang sarabu, sudah sa-batang sa-batang
pula.’ (The plantain called sarabu is one which puts out fruit from every stem of
the perdu about the same time, or one immediately after another.)”^173
The following account of card games as played in Selangor was compiled some
years ago by the writer. The names of the cards used in Selangor are these:—
Hearts, Lĕkok or Pangkah.
Diamonds, Rĕten (rĕtim), or Chiduk.