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102 THE DIALECT OF Pismire (pronotixiced pissmare ; gl. pismair), an ant. The sound of the seoond syllable we should expect to be ma«T, but it seems rather as above. I)andelions also go by the same name. Pitcher, to ask money of one who goes courting, especially if out of his own neighbourhood : the demand, if not complied with, is followed up with great violence. The origin of the word is said to be derived from the fact that money is sometimes rattled in a pitcher, to express in an unmistakable manner what is desired. Two young fellows some years since had to pay £4 for pitchering a ^oung man who came from Huddersfield to Almondbury Bank courting. They were taken to the Wool-Pack, Back Green, where the magistrates then sat, and were 'deemed ' to pay £1 each to the infirmary, and £1 expenses. W. M. was pitchered at Smithy Place, near Monley ; he was, in fiact, thrown into a simxp-hole, where he was almost suffocated. The violence in this case may be accounted for, as he stole away another man's sweetheart. A case was mentioned in the local papers of Saturday, Sept. 25th, 1875. Pizeball (pronounced paiusehaH), a ball which children play with, formerly stuffed with sawdust, &c., and used on * Tester Monday, Fastens, and so on.' It was often parti-coloured and ornamented ; now it is sometimes of india-rubber, and hollow. The idea seems to be a ball for tossing, Pizings. See Hundreds Plain, exposed. ' That house is in a plain situation.' Plaining. To be plaining is to complain, to tell tales, &c Plant, to hide. When hens are stolen and hidden they are said to he planted. Plat, the ground. See 2 Kings ix. 26. A field at Whitley is called White Platts. Ple&d (pronounced in two syllables), to plead. The past tense is ' pled,' which is also the past participle. Ple&se (gl, pli'h'z), to satisfy, or remimeiate well. ^ Tell him to do that for me, and PU please him well.' Pled. See Plead, Pleg, to run away, especially from school. Pleyy, a bricklayer's hammer with a cutting edge ; also a tool used by faxxner men when ploughing, to set the ploughi^iare right. Plod, plaid. Ploddy Hall, a house at Almondbury, near the Grammar School, where formerly plaids were made. So clod for dad. It is customary here to call any largish house, above a cottage, a halL Plonk, to hit plump. Used especially of marbles, when the one shot strikes the other before touching the groimd. If the driven marble