AUNT SALLY  , the

English name for a game popular at fairs, race-courses and summer resorts . It consists in throwing hard balls, of wood or leather-covered yarn, at puppets dressed to represent different characters, originally a grotesque female figure called " Aunt Sally," with the object of smashing a clay pipe which is inserted either in the mouth or forehead of the puppet . In France the game is popular under the name jeu de massacre . In a variation of the pastime the mark consists of a living person's head thrust through a hole in a sheet of canvas . In case of a hit a second shy is allowed, or a small prize is given .