pitched buttons
pitch v My friends and I had a very popular game called "pitching coppers", this was played when we were older as opposed to the younger children (with less money) who "pitched buttons". A hole was dug in the ground and a place chosen about 10 feet from it called a "bounty&q...
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| Summary: | pitch v My friends and I had a very popular game called "pitching coppers", this was played when we were older as opposed to the younger children (with less money) who "pitched buttons". A hole was dug in the ground and a place chosen about 10 feet from it called a "bounty". We took turns "pitching and"nicking" the copp ers with our thumb. Any that was "pitched" or "nicked" in the hole was ours. JH APR 1971 Used I and Sup Used I 4 Not used [see 'bazzin', etc.] |
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