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PINCHERS.—Pincers; the tails of an Earwig are called his "pinchers."

PING.—The noise of any hard substance striking against metal.

PINNER—A child's pinafore.

"Put on the childerns' pinners avoor 'um zets down to taayble zo as 'um wunt spile ther vrocks."

PINS AN' NADLES.—The prickling sensation caused by returning circulation after any part has been benumbed.

PINYON.—Belief in, opinion of, confidence in.

"I ent got no pinyon o' that ther veller zence I knawed as a cabbaged zome o' my zeed taayters."

PIP.—A small seed.

A disease in poultry.

PIT-A-PAT.—A noise as of treading quickly but rather lightly.

PITCH.—To "Pitch Wuts" is to raise oats in the straw into a waggon by means of a coarse-grained prong; the man who does this is called the "pitcher," and the quantity of oats taken on the prong is called the "pitch." The prong when constructed in a special way is called a "pitch fork."

PITCH AN' NOSTLE.—The game of 'pitch and toss.'

PITCH-PAWLE.—A very common sport with children, otherwise called "head over heels."

PITCH PIPE.—A pipe used formerly in village churches to give the key-note for congregational singing.

PIT-HAWLE.—The grave is always so named to children.

PITS.—These are extremely common in fields in the "Hill Country" of Berkshire. They owe their origin to the practice of sinking Wells or making excavations in order to obtain Chalk as a "top-dressing" for the soil; the subsequent filling in caused pits to be formed.

PLAAYGUE.—A trouble.

There is the expression. What plaaygue the childern be," and to a child is often good-humouredly said, "Thee be moor plaaygue 'n all my money."

PLAAYGUEY.—Very extremely.

"My awld 'ooman be got plaayguey vond o' vinery to be zure."

PLAAY IN.—Take your turn and join in.