Penny garden lotteries at Brough

A correspondent from Brough in Westmorland told Hone that about this time of year, when gardens lie dormant, penny lotteries were often held in the north of England, and a whole garden might be won for a penny. There were twenty or more tickets, all marked blank except the prize, put into a hat held on the head of a boy standing on a bench or chair. Each ticket holder in turn climbed up and drew one with his eyes shut, and another boy at the bottom opened it.