pitch-in-the-hole

Updated: August 27, 2026

The limits which I have prescribed to myself will not allow me to enter more at large into this subject; otherwise I could produce a number of facts which would prove, most unquestionably, the propriety of discontinuing these exhibitions. A conversation which I once heard between some boys who were playing at what is called pitch-in-the-hole, will prove the truth of my assertions.

Samuel Wilderspin - The Infant System: For Developing the Intellectual and Moral Powers of all Children, from One to Seven years of Age