The Dorset game of “[See-saw].”—Halliwell’s Dictionary.
Teesty-Tosty
The blossoms of cowslips collected together tied in a globular form, and used to toss to and fro for an amusement called “Teesty-Tosty,” or simply sometimes “Tosty.”—Somerset (Holloway’s Dict. of Provincialisms).
A writer in Byegones for July 1890, p. 142, says, “Tuswball” means a bunch. He gives the following rhyme, used when tossing the ball:—
Tuswball, tuswball, tell unto me
What my sweetheart’s name shall be.
Then repeating letters of the alphabet until the ball falls, and the letter last called will indicate the sweetheart’s name.
See “[Ball],” “[Shuttlefeather],” “[Trip Trout].”
Teter-cum-Tawter
The East Anglian game of “[See-saw].”—Halliwell’s Dictionary.