rid of it. Jackass, a variant played in Trinidad, removes the jack of diamonds; the jack of hearts is then the odd card. The player left holding it is the "jackass". A variant in East Asia is called (, 'old maid') in Japan, (, 'picking the turtle') in China and (, 'catching the thief') in Korea. It is played exactly as Old Maid, but instead of removing a queen or any other card, a joker is added, and the player who is left with it loses. A variant played in the Philippines, is called . The game is played as Old Maid except card can be removed at the start of the game. That card is revealed at the end of the game and the person left with its "partner" (the odd card) loses and is called (Tagalog for 'monkey'). A similar variant exists in Indonesia by the name of which literally translates to 'devil card'; and in Japan by the name of (, 'old man'). In Brazil, two variants of the game are played: One, called , literally 'stink', is played with a regular deck from which one card has been removed. The other, played with a specialty deck, is called , or 'capuchin-monkey game'. The cards in this version depict animals, each one having a male and a female card representation; only the capuchin monkey () is unpaired. See also Donkey Happy Families Hearts References Literature _ (1882). Cassell's Book of Sports and Pastimes. London, Paris and New York: Cassell, Petter, Galpin. External links Rules of Card Games: Old Maid on Pagat.com English card games Card passing games Card games introduced in the 1880s Gambling games Card games for children