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Hopscotch
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The game of hopscotch in the nineteenth century used a different pattern for
the playing area than the one used today. Interestingly enough, the game has nothing to do
with Scotland. The "hop" part of the name is obvious. However, in Old English, "scotch"
meant "to scratch" which, in a world of unpaved streets, would have been what the children
would have done with a stick or anything else that would make a line in the dirt. In
today's world, however, grass covers the dirt and most streets are paved so chalk is more
useful to draw the playing pattern.