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2i8 HOGES—HOLY BANG |
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to the whipper and say, " Let's have a pennyworth," and he would guard and parry off the lashes with his shinney stick. When the whipper was successful in lashing him he demanded his penny, and continued lashing until he paid. This was continued until five o'clock, then the game terminated. This was suppressed, I believe, in 1847. At that period it was a prevalent idea that it could not be abolished, as it was connected with an " old charter." It is believed in the town that this custom was to commemorate the driving out of the Danes from the Newarkes at the time they besieged Leicester.— Leicester (Robert Hazlewood).
See "Bandy," "Camp," "Football," "Hood," "Hurling."
Hoges
" The hoges," a boy's game played with " peeries" (peg-tops). The victor is entitled to give a certain number of blows with the spike of his peerie to the wood part of his opponent's.—Patterson's Antrim and Dozvn Glossary.
See "Gully," "Hoatie."
Ho-go
A game played with marbles. The first player holds up a number in his closed hand and says, " Ho-go;" the second says, "Handfull;" the first then says, "How many?" The other guesses. If he should guess correctly he is entitled to take them all; but otherwise he must give the difference between the number he guessed and the number actually held up to make.—Lowsley's Berkshire Words. It is also called " How many eggs in a basket ? "—London (J. P. Emslie).
See " Hairry my Bossie."
Hoilakes
The name of a game of marbles which are cast into a hole in the ground.—Easther's Almondbury and HuddersfieldGlossary.
Holy Bang
A game with marbles, which consists in placing a marble in a hole and making it act as a target for the rest. The marble |
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