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nest is placed on a convenient spot. He who has what is called the first

_pill_, retires a few paces, and being provided with a cowt or rung, is

blindfolded, or gives his promise to wink hard (whence he is called

_Winkie_), and moves forward in the direction of the object, as he

supposes, striking the ground with the stick all the way. He must not

shuffle the stick along the ground, but always strike perpendicularly.

If he touches the nest without destroying it, or the egg without

breaking it, he loses his vice or turn. The same mode is observed by

those who succeed him. When one of the party breaks an egg he is

entitled to all the rest as his property, or to some other reward that

has been previously agreed on. Every art is employed, without removing

the nest or egg, to mislead the blindfolded player, who is also called

the Pinkie.--Jamieson. See "Blind Man's Stan."

Pinch

The game of "Pitch-Halfpenny," or "Pitch and Hustle."--Halliwell's

_Dictionary_. Addy (_Sheffield Glossary_) says this game consists of

pitching halfpence at a mark.

See "Penny Cast," "Penny Prick."

Pinny Show

A child's peep-show. The charge for a peep is a pin, and, under

extraordinary circumstances of novelty, two pins.

I remember well being shown how to make a peep or poppet-show. It was

made by arranging combinations of colours from flowers under a piece of

glass, and then framing it with paper in such a way that a cover was

left over the front, which could be raised when any one paid a pin to

peep. The following words were said, or rather sung, in a sing-song

manner:--

A pin to see the poppet-show,

All manner of colours oh!

See the ladies all below.

--(A. B. Gomme).

Pansies or other flowers are pressed beneath a piece of glass, which is

laid upon a piece of paper, a hole or opening, which can be shut at

pleasure, being cut in the paper. The charge for looking at the show is

a pin. The children say, "A pin to look at a pippy-show." They also

say--

A pinnet a piece to look at a show,

All the fine ladies sat in a row.

Blackbirds with blue feet

Walking up a new street;

One behind and one before,

And one beknocking at t'barber's door.

--Addy's _Sheffield Glossary_.

In Perth (Rev. W. Gregor) the rhyme is--

A pin to see a poppy show,

A pin to see a die,

A pin to see an old man

Sitting in the sky.

Described also in Holland's _Cheshire Glossary_, and Lowsley's

_Berkshire Glossary_. Atkinson's _Cleveland Glossary_ describes it as

having coloured pictures pasted inside, and an eye-hole at one of the

ends. The _Leed's Glossary_ gives the rhyme as--

A pin to look in,

A very fine thing.

Northall (_English Folk-rhymes_, p. 357), also gives a rhyme.

Pins

On the 1st of January the children beg for some pins, using the words,

"Please pay Nab's New Year's gift." They then play "a very childish

game," but I have not succeeded in getting a description of

it.--Yorkshire.

See "Prickie and Jockie."

Pirley Pease-weep

A game played by boys, "and the name demonstrates that it is a native

one, for it would require a page of close writing to make it

intelligible to an Englishman." The rhyme used at this play is--

Scotsman, Scotsman, lo!

Where shall this poor Scotsman go?

Send him east, or send him west,

Send him to the craw's nest.

--_Blackwood's Magazine_, August 1821, p. 37.

The rhyme suggests comparison with the game of "Hot Cockles."

Pitch

A game played with pennies, or other round discs. The object is to pitch

the penny into a hole in the ground from a certain point.--Elworthy,

_West Somerset Words_.

Probably "Pick and Hotch," mentioned in an article in _Blackwood's

Mag._, Aug. 1821, p. 35. Common in London streets.

Pitch and Hustle

"Chuck-Farthing." The game of "Pitch and Toss" is very common, being

merely the throwing up of halfpence, the result depending on a guess of

heads or tails.--Halliwell's _Dictionary_.

Pitch and Toss

This game was played by two or more players with "pitchers"--the stakes

being buttons. The ordinary bone button, or "scroggy," being the unit of

value. The "pitcher" was made of lead, circular in form, from one and a

half inch to two inches in diameter, and about a quarter of an inch

thick, with an "[H]" to stand for "Heads" cut on one side, and a "[T]"

for "Tails" on the other side. An old-fashioned penny was sometimes

used, and an old "two-penny" piece I have by me bears the marks of much

service in the same cause. A mark having been set up--generally a

stone--and the order of play having been fixed, the first player, A,

threw his "pitcher" to the mark, from a point six or seven yards

distant. If he thought he lay sufficiently near the mark to make it

probable that he would be the nearest after the others had thrown, he

said he would "lie." The effect of that was that the players who

followed had to lie also, whatever the character of their throw. If A's

throw was a poor one he took up his "pitcher." B then threw, if he threw

well he "lay," if not he took up his pitcher, in hope of making a better

throw, as A had done. C then played in the same manner. D followed and

"lay." E played his pitcher, and had no choice but to lie. F followed in

the same way. These being all the players, A threw again, and though his

second might have been worse than his first, he has to lie like the

others. B and C followed. All the pitchers have been thrown, and are

lying round the mark, in the following order of proximity--for that

regulates the subsequent play--B's is nearest, then D's follows, in

order by A, C, F, E. B takes the pitchers, and piles them up one above

the other, and tosses them into the air. Three (let us say) fall head

up, D's, A's, and F's. These three B keeps in his hand. D, who was next

nearest the mark, takes the three remaining pitchers, and in the same

manner tosses them into the air. B's and C's fall head up, and are

retained by D. A, who comes third, takes the remaining pitcher, E's, and

throws it up. If it falls a head he keeps it, and the game is finished

except the reckoning; if it falls a tail it passes on to the next

player, C, who throws it up. If it falls a head he keeps it, if a tail,

it is passed on to F, and from him to E, and on to B, till it turns up a

head. Let us suppose that happens when F throws it up. The game is now

finished, and the reckoning takes place--

B has three pitchers, D's, A's, and F's.

D " two " B's and C's.

F " one " E's.

A, C, and E have none.

Strictly speaking, D, A, and F should each pay a button to B. B and C

should each pay one to D. E should pay one to F. But in practice it was

simpler, F holding one pitcher had, in the language of the game, "freed

himself." D had "freed himself," and was in addition one to the good. B

had "freed himself," and was two to the good. A, C, and E, not having

"freed themselves," were liable for the one D had won and the two B had

won, and settled with D and B, without regard to the actual hand that

held the respective pitchers. It simplified the reckoning, though

theoretically the reckoning should have followed the more roundabout

method. Afterwards the game was begun _de novo_. E, who was last, having

first pitch--the advantage of that place being meant to compensate him

in a measure for his ill luck in the former game. The stakes were the

plain horn or bone buttons--buttons with nicks were more valuable--a

plain one being valued at two "scroggies," or "scrogs," the fancy ones,

and especially livery buttons, commanding a higher price.--Rev. W.

Gregor. See "Buttons."

Pit-counter

A game played by boys, who roll counters in a small hole. The exact

description I have not been able to get.--Halliwell's _Dictionary_.

Pits

A game at marbles. The favourite recreation with the young fishermen in

West Cornwall. Forty years ago "Pits" and "Towns" were the common games,

but the latter only is now played. Boys who hit their nails are looked

on with great contempt, and are said "to fire Kibby." When two are

partners, and one in playing accidentally hits the other's marble, he

cries out, "No custance," meaning that he has a right to put back the

marble struck; should he fail to do so, he would be considered

"out."--_Folk-lore Journal_, v. 60. There is no description of the

method of playing. It may be the same as "Cherry Pits," played with

marbles instead of cherry stones (vol. i. p. 66). Mr. Newell, _Games and

Songs of American Children_, p. 187, says "The pits are thrown over the

palm; they must fall so far apart that the fingers can be passed between

them. Then with a fillip of the thumb the player makes his pit strike

the enemy's and wins both."

Pize Ball

Sides are picked; as, for example, six on one side and six on the other,

and three or four marks or tuts are fixed in a field. Six go out to

field, as in cricket, and one of these throws the ball to one of those

who remain "at home," and the one "at home" strikes or pizes it with his

hand. After pizing it he runs to one of the "tuts," but if before he can

get to the "tut" he is struck with the ball by one of those in the

field, he is said to be _burnt_, or out. In that case the other side go

out to field.--Addy's _Sheffield Glossary_.

See "Rounders."

Plum Pudding

A game at marbles of two or more boys. Each puts an equal number of

marbles in a row close together, a mark is made at some little distance

called taw; the distance is varied according to the number of marbles in

a row. The first boy tosses at the row in such a way as to pitch just on

the marbles, and so strike as many as he can out of the line; all that

he strikes out he takes; the rest are put close together again, and two

other players take their turn in the same manner, till all the marbles

are struck out of the line, when they all stake afresh and the game

begins again.--Baker's _Northamptonshire Glossary_.

Plum Pudding and Roast Beef

Mentioned by Moor, _Suffolk Words and Phrases_, as the name of a game.

Undescribed, but nearly the same as French and English.

Pointing out a Point

A small mark is made on the wall. The one to point out the point, who

must not know what is intended, is blindfolded, and is then sent to put

the finger on the point or mark. Another player has taken a place in

front of the point, and bites the finger of the blindfolded

pointer.--Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire (Rev. W. Gregor).

Poncake

Name of a girl's game the same as Cheeses.--Holland's _Cheshire

Glossary_. See "Turn Cheeses, Turn."

Poor and Rich

An old game mentioned in Taylor's _Motto_, sig. D, iv. London, 1622.

Poor Mary sits a-weeping

[Music]

--Barnes (A. B. Gomme).

[Illustration: "Poor Mary sits a-weeping."]

I. Poor Mary sits a-weepin',

A-weepin', a-weepin';

Poor Mary sits a-weepin'

On a bright summer's day.

Pray, Mary, what're you weepin' for,

A-weepin' for, a-weepin' for?

Pray, Mary, what're you weepin' for?

On a bright summer's day.

I'm weepin' for a sweetheart,

A sweetheart, a sweetheart;

I'm weepin' for a sweetheart,

On a bright summer's day.

Pray, Mary, choose your lover,

Your lover, your lover;

Pray, Mary, choose your lover

On a bright summer's day.

Now you're married, I wish you joy;

First a girl, and then a boy;

Seven years after, son and daughter;

Pray, young couple, come kiss together.

Kiss her once, kiss her twice,

Kiss her three times over.

--Barnes, Surrey (A. B. Gomme).

II. Poor Mary is weeping, is weeping, is weeping,

Poor Mary is weeping on a bright summer's day.

Pray tell me what you're weeping for, weeping for, weeping

for,

Pray tell me what you're weeping for, on a bright summer's

day?

I'm weeping for my true love, my true love, my true love,

I'm weeping for my true love, on a bright summer's day.

Stand up and choose your lover, your lover, your lover,

Stand up and choose your lover, on a bright summer's day.

Go to church with your lover, your lover, your lover,

Go to church with your lover, on a bright summer's day.

Be happy in a ring, love; a ring, love; a ring, love.

Kiss both together, love, on this bright summer's day.

--Upton-on-Severn, Worcestershire (Miss Broadwood).

III. Pray, Sally, what are you weeping for--

Weeping for--weeping for?

Pray, Sally, what are you weeping for,

On a bright shiny day?

I am weeping for a sweetheart--

A sweetheart--a sweetheart;

I am weeping for a sweetheart,

On a bright shiny day.

Pray, Sally, go and get one--

Go and get one--get one;

Pray, Sally, go and get one,

On a bright shiny day.

Pray, Sally, now you've got one--

You've got one--got one;

Pray, Sally, now you've got one,

On a bright sunny day.

One kiss will never part you--

Never part you--part you;

One kiss will never part you,

On a bright sunny day.

--Dorsetshire (_Folk-lore Journal_, vii. 209).

IV. Poor ---- sat a-weeping,

A-weeping, a-weeping;

Poor ---- sat a-weeping,

On a bright summer's day.

I'm weeping for a sweetheart,

A sweetheart, a sweetheart;

I'm weeping for a sweetheart,

On a bright summer's day.

Oh, pray get up and choose one,

And choose one, and choose one;

Oh, pray get up and choose one,

On a bright summer's day.

Now you're married, you must obey;

You must be true to all you say.

You must be kind, you must be good,

And help your wife to chop the wood.

--Sporle, Norfolk (Miss Matthews).

V. Poor Mary sat a-weeping, a-weeping, a-weeping,

Poor Mary sat a-weeping, down by the sea-side.

By the side of the river, by the side of the river,

She sat down and cried.

Oh, pray get up and choose one, and choose one, and choose

one,

Oh, pray get up and choose one, down by the sea-side.

Now you're married, I wish you joy;

Father and mother you must obey;

Love one another like sister and brother,

And pray, young couple, come kiss one another.

--Colchester (Miss G. M. Frances).

VI. Poor Mary is a-weeping, a-weeping, a-weeping,

Poor Mary is a-weeping on a fine summer's day.

What is she weeping for, weeping for, weeping for,

What is she weeping for on a fine summer's day?

She's weeping for her sweetheart, her sweetheart, her

sweetheart,

She's weeping for her sweetheart on a fine summer's day.

Pray get up and choose one, choose one, choose one,

Pray get up and choose one on a fine summer's day.

Pray go to church, love; church, love; church, love;

Pray go to church, love, on a fine summer's day.

Pray put the ring on, ring on, ring on,

Pray put the ring on, on a fine summer's day.

Pray come back, love; back, love; back, love;

Pray come back, love, on a fine summer's day.

Now you're married, we wish you joy;

Your father and mother you must obey;

Love one another like sister and brother;

And now it's time to go away.

--(_Suffolk County Folk-lore_, pp. 66, 67.)

VII. Poor Mary sits a-weeping, a-weeping, a-weeping,

Poor Mary sits a-weeping on a bright summer's day.

Pray tell me what you are weeping for, weeping for, weeping

for,

Pray tell me what you are weeping for on a bright summer's

day?

I'm weeping for a sweetheart, a sweetheart, a sweetheart,

I'm weeping for a sweetheart on a bright summer's day.

Poor Mary's got a shepherd's cross, a shepherd's cross, a

shepherd's cross,

Poor Mary's got a shepherd's cross on a bright summer's day.

--Berkshire (Miss Thoyts, _Antiquary_, xxvii. 254).

VIII. Mary sits a-weeping, a-weeping, a-weeping,

Mary sits a-weeping, close by the sea-side.

Mary, what are you weeping for, weeping for, weeping for,

Mary, what are you weeping for, close by the sea-side?

I'm a-weeping for my sweetheart, my sweetheart, my

sweetheart,

I'm a-weeping for my sweetheart, close by the sea-side.

Pray get up and choose one, and choose one, and choose one,

Pray get up and choose one, close by the sea-side.

--Winterton and Lincoln (Miss M. Peacock).

IX. Poor Mary sits a-weeping, a-weeping,

Poor Mary sits a-weeping, on a bright summer's day.

She is weeping for her lover, her lover,

She is weeping for her lover on a bright summer's day.

Stand up and choose your lover, your lover,

Stand up and choose your lover, on a bright summer's day.

And now she's got a lover, a lover,

And now she's got a lover, on a bright summer's day.

--Hanbury, Staffs. (Miss E. Hollis).

X. Oh, what is Nellie weeping for,

A-weeping for, a-weeping for?

Oh, what is Nellie weeping for,

On a cold and sunshine day?

I'm weeping for my sweetheart,

My sweetheart, my sweetheart;

I'm weeping for my sweetheart

On a cold and sunshine day.

So now stand up and choose the one,

And choose the one, and choose the one;

So now stand up and choose the one,

On a cold and sunshine day.

--Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire (Miss Matthews).

XI. Poor Mary sits a-weeping, a-weeping, a-weeping,

Poor Mary sits a-weeping, on a bright summer's day.

Pray what are you a-weeping for, a-weeping for, a-weeping

for,

Pray what are you a-weeping for on a bright summer's day?

She's weeping for a lover, a lover, a lover,

She's weeping for a lover, this bright summer's day.

Rise up and choose your lover, your lover, your lover,

Rise up and choose your lover, this bright summer's day.

Now Mary she is married, is married, is married,

Now Mary she is married this bright summer's day.

--Enborne School, Newbury, Berks. (Miss M. Kimber).

XII. Poor Sarah's a-weeping,

A-weeping, a-weeping;

Oh, what is she a-weeping for,

A-weeping for, a-weeping for?

I'm weeping for a sweetheart,

A sweetheart, a sweetheart;

I'm weeping for a sweetheart

This bright summer day.

Oh, she shall have a sweetheart,

A sweetheart, a sweetheart;

Oh, she shall have a sweetheart

This bright summer day.

Go to church, loves,

Go to church, loves.

Say your prayers, loves,

Say your prayers, loves.

Kiss your lovers,

Kiss your lovers;

Rise up and choose your love.

--Liphook, Hants. (Miss Fowler).

XIII. Poor Mary sits weeping, weeping, weeping,

Poor Mary sits weeping on a bright summer's day;

On the carpet she must kneel till the grass grows on the

field.

Stand up straight upon your feet,

And show me the one you love so sweet.

Now you're married, I wish you joy;

First a girl, and second a boy;

If one don't kiss, the other must,

So kiss, kiss, kiss.

--Cambridge (Mrs. Haddon).

XIV. Poor Mary is a-weeping, a-weeping, a-weeping,

Poor Mary is a-weeping on a bright summer's day;

Pray what is she a-weeping for, a-weeping for, a-weeping

for,

Pray what is she a-weeping for, on a bright summer's day?

I'm weeping for my true love, my true love, my true love,

I'm weeping for my true love, on a bright summer's day.

Stand up and choose your true love, your true love, your

true love,

Stand up and choose your true love, on a bright summer's

day.

Ring a ring o' roses, o' roses, o' roses,

Ring a ring o' roses; a pocketful of posies.

--Ogbourne, Wilts. (H. S. May).

XV. Poor Sally is a-weeping, a-weeping, a-weeping,

Poor Sally is a-weeping, down by the sea-side.

Pray tell me what you're weeping for, you're weeping for,

you're weeping for,

Pray tell me what you're weeping for, down by the sea-side?

I'm weeping for my sweetheart, my sweetheart, my sweetheart,

I'm weeping for my sweetheart, down by the sea-side.

A ring o' roses,

A pocketful of posies;

Isham! Isham!

We all tumble down.

--Manton, Marlborough, Wilts. (H. S. May).

XVI. Poor Mary is a-weeping, a-weeping, a-weeping,

On a fine summer's day;

What is she weeping for, weeping for, weeping for?

She is weeping for her lover, her lover, her lover;

And who is her love, who is her lover?

Johnny Baxter is her lover, Johnny Baxter is her lover;

And where is her lover, where is her lover?

Her lover is a-sleeping, her lover is a-sleeping,

Is a-sleeping at the bottom of the sea.

--South Devon (_Notes and Queries_, 8th Series, i. 249, Miss R. H.

Busk).

XVII. Poor Mary, what are you weeping for?

You weeping for?

Poor Mary, what are you weeping for,

On a bright summer's day?

Pray tell us what you are weeping for?

You are weeping for?

Pray tell us what you are weeping for,

On a bright summer's day.

My father he is dead, sir;

Is dead, sir;

Is dead, sir.

My father he is dead, sir,

On a bright summer's day.

--Earls Heaton (Herbert Hardy).

XVIII. Poor Mary is a-weeping, a-weeping, a-weeping,

Poor Mary is a-weeping, on a fine summer's day.

Pray tell me what you're weeping for? &c.

Because my father's dead and gone, is dead and gone, is dead

and gone;

Because my father's dead and gone, on a fine summer's day.

She is kneeling by her father's grave, her father's grave,

her father's grave;

She is kneeling by her father's grave, on a fine summer's

day.

Stand up and choose your love, choose your love, choose your

love;

Stand up and choose your love, on a bright summer's day.

--(Rev. W. Gregor).

XIX. Oh, what is Jennie weeping for,

A-weeping for, a-weeping for?

Oh, what is Jennie weeping for,

All on this summer's day?

I'm weeping for my own true love,

My own true love, my own true love;

I'm weeping for my own true love,

All on this summer's day.

Rise up and choose another love,

Another love, another love;

Rise up and choose another love,

All on this summer's day.

--Berwickshire (A. M. Bell, _Antiquary_, xxx. 16).

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A sport among children in Fife. An egg, an unfledged bird, or a whole