On Thu, 06 Dec 2001 21:53:43 +0000, Mel Evans, Registered Arachne User wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Dec 2001 16:40:12 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: <snipped all> > 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. <snip> Here we used to throw a key-chain or ring or one of those eight studded jacks from a game of jacks instead of sliding some kind of puck. Usually we would play on a rather rough asphalt or concrete surface instead of on a smooth surface where you could easily slide a puck. I have NEVER heard this game being called any name other than hopscotch. I wonder if the same game is played by children of some non-English speaking European descent, and I wonder what they call it, and I wonder if their name for it refers to Scotland. Glad to hear your PCI modem is working with Arachne! Sam Heywood -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/
