I wonder how extensively folklorists have studied the origins of card games. Anybody know any good reference works?

I grew up playing the same Solitaire Microsoft put into windows - but where did it come from originally? Those 101 versions of Solitaire - were they all invented by playing card companies, or do they have a more interesting history?

It's not Solitare, but I learned Schafskopf (Sheepshead) in Milwaukee when I was in high school, complete with German names you'd call your opponent when you got frustrated. It was a good game - but they've never heard of it her in California.

-Joe Offer-