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Robert Herrick (1591-1674)119177The Hesperides & Noble NumbersHesperides
Cherry-pit
1898Alfred Pollard

49. CHERRY-PIT.

Julia and I did lately sit
Playing for sport at cherry-pit:
She threw; I cast; and, having thrown,
I got the pit, and she the stone.

Cherry-pit, a game in which cherry-stones were pitched into a small hole.