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Hop-Scotch

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HOP-SCOTCH, an old English children's game in which a small object, like a flat stone, is kicked by the player while hopping from one division to another of an oblong space marked upon the ground and divided into 10 or 12 numbered divisions. The stone must rest in each successively, without touching a line or going out of the division aimed for. The game consists in driving the stone into each division and back to the starting point.