Pushpin
Pushpin (also push-pin and put-pin) was a popular English children's game in the 16th to 18th centuries. In the game, two or more players put pins on the brim of a hat and in turn try to cross the needles by pushing the hat. The player who succeeds in this is allowed to keep the crossed needles, which were rare and valuable at that time, as a win.
Similarly, with pushpin (German name: piercing needle ) strong short needles denotes the (glass plastic, metal) are provided with a small handle. They are used to stick papers on a suitable surface (e.g. a pin board ) and are thus similar to drawing pins . In both cases, the paper to be pinned must be pierced itself.
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literature
- Francis Willughby's Book of Games: A Seventeenth Century Treatise on Sports, Games, and Pastimes. Scolar Pr. 2003. p. 276, ISBN 978-1859284605
- Jan-Christoph Marschelke: Jeremy Bentham - Philosophy and Law. New challenges for criminal law. Logos Berlin, 2009. P. 210, ISBN 978-3832521042
- William Shakespeare: Dramatic Works. here: The effort of love is in vain . translated by Johann Joachim Eschenburg . Anton Pichler, Vienna, 1811. p. 251, translator's note
Web links
Commons : Pushpins - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
