On Thu, 06 Dec 2001 16:40:12 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: > Hello:
> Maybe Mel Evans can answer these questions if he is out there. > I have always wondered if the formerly very popular children's game > known as "hopscotch" has its origins in Scotland. I used to play > this game when I was a child. Almost every kid played at hopscotch > way back then. I haven't seen children playing this game in several > decades. I would teach them how to play if I could ever recall the > rules and the proper specifications for the chalk diagrams and the > rhyming chants and intonations that are all part of the game. I do > remember that the rules were somewhat complicated. > Also I have always wondered if "butterscotch" is something that > comes down to us from the traditions of candy-making in Scotland. > Sam Heywood > -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/ Hi Sam, Hopscotch is still played here in Scotland, but to my knowledge it has NEVER been called that up here. WE call it "peevers" which is the scottish name for the "puck" type stone or tin or wooden block used to slide into the position before attempting the "1-2-3, 4&5, 6, 7&8 and 9" of the actual cahlked in playing surface. My tthree grand-daughters still do this with all the chants, can't say these are the same, they seem to have altered to suit TV and it's influence - - - Elton John, Superstar, walks like a woman and he wears a bra! - - -sorry LD I know it's not PC, it's what they sing song along to the game. Butterscotch is reputed to have come from here, and you CAN get whisky-flavoured versions if you wish, made by a company called "Callard and Bowsers" Hey and thanks, this is on a w98 machine with aPCI modem after reading some of your bits and pieces! Regards Mel -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/ -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
