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COGGER—CONQUERORS OR CONKERS |
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of wood being struck up by a long stick instead of a ball by a bat. Also called "Tip and Go " or "Tip and Slash."—Robinson's Whitby Glossary. See " Cudgel."
Cogger
A striped snail shell. It is a common boyish pastime to hold one of these shells between the last joints of the bent fingers, and forcibly press the apex against another held in a similar manner by an opponent, until one of them, by dint of persevering pressure, forces its way into the other; and the one which in these contests has gained the most victories is termed the Conqueror, and is highly valued (Northamptonshire, Baker's Glossary). The game is known as " Fighting Cocks " in Evans' Leicestershire Glossary. In London it was played with walnut shells.
Cogs
The top stone of a pile is pelted by a stone flung from a given distance, and the more hits, or " cogglings off," the greater the player's score.—Robinson's Whitby Glossary.
Apparently the same game as " Cockly-jock."
Common
A game played with a ball and crooked stick (cut from a tree or hedge), with a crook at the end (same game as " Hurl"). —Dublin (Mrs. Lincoln).
Mr. Patterson (Antrim and Down Glossary) mentions this as "Hockey;" the same as " Shinney." "Called in some districts," he adds, "' Comun' and ' Kamman,' from the Irish name for the game."
Conkers
The same game as "Cogger." The game is more generally called "playin at sneel-shells."—Ross and Stead's Holderness
Glossary.
Conquerors or Conkers
I. Cobbly co! My first blow! |
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