jan 1, 1567 - pitch the bar
Description:
To throw or toss the bar, a simple game which sounds similar to tossing the caber, possibly using a heavy piece of metal. 1567 <i>Robt Jonson ... de Flamburghe ... is presented to have misused him selfe in his pastymes in ... that he one tyme did pitche the barre in the churche yearde</i> (PTD85).Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1567
Now
~ 458 years ago