Brockett (North Country Words) calls this “Hitch.”
See “[Half-Hammer],” “[Hick, Step, and Jump].”
Hitchapagy
An undescribed Suffolk game.—Halliwell’s Dictionary.
Hitchy Cock Ho
An undescribed Suffolk game.—Moor’s Suffolk Words.
Hity Tity
The Somerset name for “[See-Saw].”
Hoatie, Hots
When a number of boys agree to have a game at the Pearie or peg-top, a circle is drawn on the ground, within which all the tops must strike and spin. If any of them bounce out of the circle without spinning, it is called a Hoatie. The punishment to which the Hoatie is subjected consists in being placed in the ring, while all the boys whose tops ran fairly have the privilege of striking—or, as it is called, “deggin”—it till it is either split or struck out of the circle. If either of these take place, the boy to whom the Hoatie belonged has the privilege of playing again.—Upper Lanarkshire (Jamieson).