Rhinemaiden
Thanks Rhinemaiden, I was just wondering about that deck (I don't have it). That is the popular suit association. Most sources I have found say that these associations are assumed but not proven. I am happy to go along with the likes of Paul Huson, Court de Gébelin, Comte de Mellett and Etteila. It makes a whole lot more sense in the Lenormand deck. For my purposes, I want to know what the creators of Lenormand believed and that is what matters not which playing card suit derives from which Tarot suit if that is even how it happened (the playing card suit symbols could be more arbitrary than that).
I agree... it's the historical association that is the concern in this thread. When I read your original post on acorns etc. I thought "wait a minute, I HAVE a tarot deck with these suits..." so posted merely as an observation. There's nothing in the mini-deck LWB that indicates what inspired the Fairy Tarot creator, Antonio Lupatelli, to use these names for his suits or what prompted his associations.