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