All I have of this game from my grandmother's house is some of the cards, and my baby-boomer mother and aunt say they don't remember them. Each has a picture in bright colors. Number 1 says The Sun, 2: The Moon, 3 The House, 5 The Sick Person, 13 The Letter (the woman in it with the letter wears a long white dress with a low neckline and short puffed sleeves and gathered-up hair that makes me think of the WW 1 era or earlier), 23 The Mice (with a burglar in the background) 24 The Switch (a birch-switch; it also has a boy, a crying girl, and toys in it), 26 The Star, 28 The Sword, 29 The Flame (a fireplace), and 36 The Safe.
I would be eternally GRATEFUL if you know anything about it and would tell me every detail! Thanks.
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Yeah, I know, hardly anyone will read this, especially nearly 20 years later....
A few years ago, I got the answer from some kind vendors at the annual Antiquarian Book Fair. They contacted someone else and emailed me the answer.
The cards were printed in 1940, by Whitman. (The design just LOOKS older than that.) The name was "Old Gypsy Fortune Telling Cards." Normally, instructions come with the cards, of course.
(Given the date, my grandmother was already in her early 20s when she got them. She liked cards in general - mainly bridge.)
This shows you the cards and the meaning of each.
https://curativearts.wordpress.com/2019/11/12/old-gypsy-fortune-telling-cards/
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