The art of amusing : being a collection of graceful arts, merry games, odd tricks, curious puzzles, and new charades : together with suggestions for private theatricals, tableaux, and all sorts of parlor and family amusements (1866)
Bellew, Frank, 1828-1888 · New York : Carleton ; London : S. Low · leaf 139
; and is performed thus :A steel fork, or some other sharp instrument, is stuckin the door, and a cork placed on the end of it. The person wishing to test his skill places himself in front of it; fixing his eyes on the cork, hethen walks slowly backwards ten or twelve feet, hiseyes still fixed on… … with one blow of the finger. Nine times out of tenthe performers fail, as they did on the occasion inquestion. This experiment seemed to afford agood excuse to a certain little witch, with black eyes,to propose the performance of pinning a thimblefulof water to the wall. The thimble was filled…
Amusements · Tricks
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