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Hopscotch
How it works
You draw a maze, a snail or a house on the ground.
The players hop through the different sections
drawn and move a stone or piece of wood from one
field to the next. The stone or piece of wood
needs to land within the boundaries of the field.
There are many variations to make the game more
difficult, e.g. hopping on the right or left leg
only or having to carry the stone or piece of
wood on your foot while hopping.
Similar games in other countries
Hopscotch is well-known in many countries. German
children call the game "Hickeln" (Hopping)
or "Himmel und Hölle" (Heaven and
Hell). These games are thought to have originated
in pre-Christian times. The original form of the
drawing seems to have been an anticlockwise spiral.
Evidence in stone has been found in many places,
e.g. in Trojaborg on the island of Wier in the
Gulf of Finland. There have been similar findings
in Ireland, Great Britain, Sweden and Italy.
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