Search by property

This page provides a simple browsing interface for finding entities described by a property and a named value. Other available search interfaces include the page property search, and the ask query builder.

List of results

• Block:Pize Ball in West Yorkshire in 1862  + (<p>The words “pize” and “pize-ball” … <p>The words “pize” and “pize-ball” were defined in a glossary of the local dialect of the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire. “Pize. To throw a ball gently for another to bat with the open hand, as at the game of “Pize-ball,” in which the 'pizer' 'pizes' the ball to a number in succession, who run to different places called 'hobs,' where they remain till they have a chance of escape. If one of them is hit with the ball while running, he or she becomes the 'pizer.' If all happen to be 'pized out,' the 'homey' is 'burnt,' i.e,the ball is thrown straight to the ground, and the last in the 'ring' has to go back, pick it up, and become the 'pizer.'</p>go back, pick it up, and become the 'pizer.'</p>)

• Block:Pize Ball in West Yorkshire in 1862  +