The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

HOP SCOTCH

TO PLAY THE GAME ON THE DIAGRAM BELOW, (ON 5 X 8 CARD)
THEY TOOK SOMETHING HEAVY, LIKE A ROCK OR A METAL
WASHER, AND THREW IT ON THE NUMBERS IN SEQUENCE.
YOU HAD TO HOP TO YOUR NUMBER AND LAND ON IT, PICK UP
THE OBJECT AND THEN HOP BACK. THEN YOU THREW IT
ON THE NEXT NUMBER IN SEQUENCE UNTIL THERE WERE NO
MORE. WHEN YOU DID THIS WITHOUT DROPPING YOUR MARKER
OR HOPPING ON A LINE, YOU WON. IF YOU HOPPED ON A
LINE OR DROPPED THE MARKER, YOU LOST YOUR TURN.

Submitter comment: THIS IS ANOTHER DIAGRAM OF THE SAME GAME WITH THE
SAME RULES. THE INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM THE
NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; LIVONIA

Date learned: 11-00-1967