There is an allusion to it under the name of put-pin in Nash’s Apologie, 1593—
“That can lay down maidens bedds,
And that can hold ther sickly heds;
That can play at put-pin,
Blow poynte and near lin.”
Two pins are laid upon a table, and the object of each player is to push his pin across his opponent’s pin.—Addy’s Sheffield Glossary.
See “[Hattie],” “[Pop the Bonnet].”
Push the Business On
I hired a horse and borrowed a gig,
And all the world shall have a jig;
And I’ll do all ’at ever I can
To push the business on.
To push the business on,
To push the business on;
And I’ll do all ’at ever I can
To push the business on.
—North Kelsey, Anderby, and near the Trent, Nottinghamshire (Miss M. Peacock).