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See ”Hop Scotch.”

Pat-ball

A child's name for the simple game of throwing a ball from one to another.-Lowsley's _Berks.h.i.+re Glossary_.

Pay-swad

A boys' game, somewhat similar to ”Duckstone.” Each boy, when he threw his stone, had to say ”Pay-swad,” or he had to go down himself.-Holland's _Ches.h.i.+re Glossary_.

See ”Duckstone.”

Pednameny

A game played with pins: also called ”Pinny Ninny,” ”Pedna-a mean,”

”Heads and Tails,” a game of pins.-Courtenay's _West Cornwall Glossary_.

Peesie Weet

The game of ”Hide and Seek.” When the object is hidden the word ”Peesie-weet” is called out.-Fraserburgh, Aberdeens.h.i.+re (Rev. W.

Gregor).

See ”Hide and Seek (2).”

Peg and Stick

The players provide themselves with short, stout sticks, and a peg (a piece of wood sharpened at one or both ends). A ring is made, and the peg is placed on the ground so as to balance. One boy then strikes it with his stick to make it spring or bounce up into the air; while in the air he strikes it with his stick, and sends it as far as he possibly can. His opponent declares the number of leaps in which the striker is to cover the distance the peg has gone. If successful, he counts the number of leaps to his score. If he fails, his opponent leaps, and, if successful, the number of leaps count to his score. He strikes the next time, and the same process is gone through.-Earls Heaton, Yorks.

(Herbert Hardy).

See ”Tip-cat.”

Peg-fiched

A west country game. The performers in this game are each furnished with a sharp-pointed stake. One of them then strikes it into the ground, and the others, throwing their sticks across it, endeavour to dislodge it.

When a stick falls, the owner has to run to a prescribed distance and back, while the rest, placing the stick upright, endeavour to beat it into the ground up to the very top.-Halliwell's _Dictionary_.

Peggy Nut

A boyish game with nuts.-d.i.c.kinson's _c.u.mberland Glossary_.

Peg-in-the-Ring

A game of ”Peg-top.” The object of this game is to spin the top within a certain circle marked out, in which the top is to exhaust itself without once overstepping the bounds prescribed (Halliwell's _Dict.