Pitch Bowl

Famous quotes containing the words pitch and/or bowl:

    “Though I have locked my gate on them
    I pity all the young,
    I know what devil’s trade they learn
    From those they live among,
    Their drink, their pitch and toss by day,
    Their robbery by night....”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “Three wise men of Gotham
    Went to sea in a bowl;
    If the bowl had been stronger,
    My story would have been longer.”
    —Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. Three wise men of Gotham (l. 1–4)