Editing Hopscotch

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[[File:Hopscotch de Cubanese.jpg|thumb|Primary schoolchildren playing hopscotch in [[Cuba]], where the game is known as ''pon'']]
[[File:ICKA.gif|upright|thumb|Moves in a Hungarian hopscotch (the black dot being the stone, cast and retrieved)]]

'''Hopscotch''' is a [[playground]] game in which players toss a small object, called a lagger,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Baker |first1=Kate |title=Laggers |url=https://doctorzeus.co/2015/01/09/laggers/ |website=Kathleen, [[Kage Baker|Kage]] and the Company |access-date=15 March 2022 |date=10 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gold |first1=David L. |title=Three New-York-Cityisms: Sliding Pond, Potsy, and Akey |journal=American Speech |date=Spring 1981 |volume=56 |issue=1 |pages=17–32 |doi=10.2307/454476 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/454476 |jstor=454476 |quote=In the 1950s, the game was called hopscotch and the object thrown a lagger /'lagar/. [[:wiktionary:lagger|"Lagger"]] is related to the verb [[:wiktionary:lag|"lag"]] |url-access=subscription }}{{explain|reason -which of the 10 definitions?|date=October 2024}}</ref> into numbered triangles or a pattern of rectangles outlined on the ground and then hop or jump through the spaces and retrieve the object.<ref>{{cite web |title=Definition of HOPSCOTCH |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hopscotch |website=[[Merriam-Webster]] |access-date=15 March 2022 |language=en |quote=a child's game in which a player tosses an object (such as a stone) into areas of a figure outlined on the ground and hops through the figure and back to regain the object}}</ref> It is a [[children's game]] that can be played with several players or alone.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=O'Neil Bellomo |first=Rheanna |date=2024-05-06 |editor-last=Cilli |editor-first=Karen |title=Unique Ways to Play Hopscotch With Your Kids |url=https://www.parents.com/fun/activities/hopscotch/ |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=[[Parents (magazine)|Parents]]}}</ref> Hopscotch is a physical and cognitive [[Exercise|workout]].<ref name="movingsmartblog-hopscotch">{{cite web |last1=Mccarthy |first1=Cheryl |last2=Connell |first2=Gill |title=WHY HOPSCOTCH MATTERS |url=https://movingsmartblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/why-hopscotch-matters.html |website=Moving Smart |access-date=15 March 2022 |date=20 June 2012}}</ref><ref name="RER-2017-06-Welsh-Hopscotch">{{cite journal |last1=Welsh |first1=Richard O. |title=School Hopscotch: A Comprehensive Review of K–12 Student Mobility in the United States |journal=Review of Educational Research |date=June 2017 |volume=87 |issue=3 |pages=475–511 |doi=10.3102/0034654316672068 |s2cid=151488951 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44667664<!-- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3102/0034654316672068 --> |access-date=15 March 2022|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="ecrj-1-1-Laely-Hopscotch">{{cite journal |last1=Laely |first1=Khusnul |last2=Yudi |first2=Dede |title=The Impact of Hopscotch Game towards the Growth of Kinesthetic Intelligence on 3-4 Year Old Children |journal=Early Childhood Research Journal |date=17 December 2018 |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=21–28 |doi=10.23917/ecrj.v1i1.6581 |s2cid=149903485 |url=<!-- https://scholar.archive.org/work/cjwwlfly6jfmbebxhde6ex4uru/access/wayback/http://journals.ums.ac.id:80/index.php/ecrj/article/download/6581/4224 -->https://journals.ums.ac.id/index.php/ecrj/article/download/6581/4224 |access-date=15 March 2022|doi-access=free }}</ref>

== Court and rules ==
[[File:Image marelle 2.jpg|thumb|upright|''Marelle'' (French) <br/>schoolyard court]]
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=== The court ===
To play hopscotch, a court is first laid out on the ground. Depending on the available surface, the court is either scratched out in the dirt or drawn with [[chalk]] on [[pavement (material)|pavement]]. Courts may be permanently marked where playgrounds are commonly paved, as in elementary schools. Designs vary, but the court is usually composed of a series of linear squares interspersed with blocks of two lateral squares.<ref name=":1"/> Traditionally the court ends with a "safe" or "home" base in which the player may turn before completing the reverse trip. The home base may be a [[square (geometry)|square]], a [[rectangle]], or a [[semicircle]]. The squares are then numbered in the sequence in which they are to be hopped.

=== Playing the game ===
The first player tosses a marker onto the court.<ref name="canisius-salley-hopscotch">{{cite web |last1=Salley |first1=David P. |title=Hopscotch |url=https://www-cs.canisius.edu/~salley/Articles/hopscotch.html |website=[[Canisius College]] |access-date=15 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990128065601/https://www-cs.canisius.edu/~salley/Articles/hopscotch.html |archive-date=28 January 1999 |quote=Dagonell the Juggler}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Whiteman |first1=Susan |title=Hopscotch History and Variation |url=https://www.albany.edu/~sw7656/ |website=[[University at Albany, SUNY]] |access-date=15 March 2022 |date=November 1, 2005}}</ref> The marker (typically a small stone, coin, bean bag, or small chain with a charm) should land in the square without bouncing, sliding, or rolling out. (In Scotland and Ireland, the marker is usually replaced with an old shoe polish tin or flat stone, called a piggy.{{Citation needed|date=April 2018}}) In the United States the marker was called a “lagger” and in the 1940s Hopscotch Laggers made of rubber were sold by the Hoppy Taw Company of Utah.<ref>Hoppy Taw Hopscotch Lagger https://www.etsy.com/listing/105606102/lagger-hoppy-taw-hopscotch-game-thingie?show_sold_out_detail=1&ref=nla_listing_details</ref> The marker must be thrown in sequential numerical order completely within the square without touching the line.<ref name=":1" /> The player then hops through the course, skipping the marker's square. Single squares must be hopped on one foot, except for the first single square, where either foot may be used. Side-by-side squares are straddled, with the left foot landing in the left square, and the right foot landing in the right square. Optional squares marked "Safe", "Home", or "Rest" are neutral squares, and may be hopped through in any manner without penalty. After hopping into "Safe", "Home", or "Rest", the player must then turn around and retrace their steps through the course on one or two legs, depending on the square, until reaching the marker's square. The player stops in the square before the marker<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gameskidsplay.net/games/other_games/hopscotch.htm |title=Hopscotch |access-date=2017-04-24 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kidspot.com.au/things-to-do/activities/hopscotch |title=Hopscotch |work=kidspot |publisher=NewsLifeMedia |access-date=2017-04-24 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fungameskidsplay.com/hopscotchgame.htm |title= Hopscotch Game |work=Fun Games Kids Play |access-date=2017-04-24 |quote="The two basic rules to remember - 1. Players can only have 1 foot in each square of the hopscotch board at a time. 2. Players have to hop over the square with the rock in it." }}</ref> and reaches down to retrieve the marker and continue the course as stated, without touching a line or stepping into a square with another player's marker.

Upon successfully completing the sequence, the player continues the turn by tossing the marker into square number two, and repeating the pattern.

If, while hopping through the court in either direction, the player steps on a line, misses a square, or loses balance, the turn ends. Players begin their turns where they last left off. The first player to complete one course for every numbered square on the court wins the game.

Although the marker is most often picked up during the game, historically, in the boy's game, the marker was kicked sequentially back through the course on the return trip and then kicked out.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Hop-Scotch |volume=13 |page=687}}</ref>

== Origin ==
[[File:Magpie hopscotch.jpg|thumb|A hopscotch game with a traditional [[One for Sorrow (nursery rhyme)|magpie rhyme]] in [[Morecambe]], England]]

According to Ulrich Schädler, the origin of hopscotch is still enigmatic, although he firmly states it is an early modern game.<ref name="bgs-2021-0004-Schädler">{{cite journal |last1=Schädler |first1=Ulrich |title=Some Misconceptions About Ancient Roman Games |journal=Board Game Studies Journal |date=1 April 2021 |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=79–97, here pp. 84–86 |doi=10.2478/bgs-2021-0004 |s2cid=233430469 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Nonetheless, there are claims for a greater age of this game.
B. B. Lal states (without evidence) that hopscotch was played {{circa}}1200 to 600–500 BCE during the [[Painted Grey Ware culture|Painted Grey ware]] era of India.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lal|first=B.B|title=The Painted Grey Ware culture of the Iron age|url=https://en.unesco.org/silkroad/sites/default/files/knowledge-bank-article/vol_I%20silk%20road_the%20painted%20grey%20ware%20culture%20of%20the%20iron%20age.pdf|journal=Silk Road|volume=I|pages=412–431, here p. 427}}</ref> Among the [[List of games that Buddha would not play|games prohibited by Buddha]] there is an entry that is reminiscent of hopscotch, but not specific enough to enable us to actually identify the game.<ref name="bgs-2021-0004-Schädler"/>
Despite speculation that an ancient form of hopscotch was played by Roman children and soldiers,<ref name="pgpedia-hopscotch">{{cite web |title=Hopscotch |url=https://www.pgpedia.com/h/hopscotch |website=Play Encyclopedia |access-date=15 March 2022}}</ref> there is no evidence for this.<ref name="bgs-2021-0004-Schädler"/><ref name="JBAA-1870-hop-scotch">{{cite book |title=Journal of the British Archaeological Association |date=1870 |publisher=British Archaeological Association. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UDAGAAAAQAAJ&dq=hop-scotch&pg=PA242 |language=en}}</ref>

The first recorded references to the game in the English-speaking world date to the late seventeenth century, usually under the name "scotch-hop" or "scotch-hopper(s)".<ref>{{cite book|author=Thomas Shadwell|author-link=Thomas Shadwell|title=''The Sullen Lovers''|year=1668}} :'Play at Catt, Stoolball, Scotch-hopp and Trap-ball.' Cited in Oxford English Dictionary, Third edition, June 2011; online version March 2012</ref> A manuscript ''Book of Games'' compiled between 1635 and 1672 by [[Francis Willughby]] refers to 'Scotch Hopper‥. They play with a piece of tile or a little flat piece of lead, upon a boarded floor, or any area divided into oblong figures like boards'.<ref>The manuscript was published in 2003: see Cram, D., Forgeng, J. L., and [[Dorothy Johnston|Johnston, D.]], ''The Book of Games of Francis Willughby (1635-1672). A Seventeenth-century Treatise on Sports, Games, and Pastimes''. ([[Aldershot]], 2003).</ref> In [[Poor Robin|Poor Robin's Almanack]] for 1677, the game is referred to as "Scotch-hoppers". The entry states, "The time when schoolboys should play at Scotch-hoppers." The 1707 edition of Poor Robin's Almanack includes the following phrase... "Lawyers and Physicians have little to do this month, so they may (if they will) play at Scotch-hoppers."<ref name="books.google.com">{{cite book | title = The journal of the British Archaeological Association, Volume 26 |year = 1870| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=UDAGAAAAQAAJ&q=hopscotch%20roman&pg=PA242 }}</ref> In 1828, [[Noah Webster|Webster]]'s ''[[American Dictionary of the English Language]]'' also referred to the game as 'Scotch-hopper' ... 'a play in which boys hop over scotches and lines in the ground.'<ref>''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'', Third edition, June 2011; online version March 2012.</ref>

=== Etymology ===
According to the ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'', the [[etymology]] of ''hopscotch'' is a formation from the words "hop" and "{{Not a typo|scotch}}", the latter in the sense of "an incised line or scratch".<ref>OED Online. March 2012. Oxford University Press. 24 April 2012: "scotch: An incision, a cut, esp. a long gash made in the flesh; a score; a notch. Obs. (arch. and Eng. regional (E. Anglian) in later use)."</ref> The journal of the [[British Archaeological Association]], volume&nbsp;26 (dated March&nbsp;9, 1870) states: "The sport of Hop-Scotch or Scotch-Hoppers is called in [[Yorkshire]] 'Hop-Score', and in [[Suffolk]] 'Scotch Hobbies or Hobby', from the boy who gets on the player's back whilst hopping or 'hicking', as it is there termed; and in Scotland it is known as 'Peevers, Peeverels, and Pabats'".

== Variations ==
[[File:Amarelinhacefet.jpg|thumb|left|A variation in the entrance of [[Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais|CEFET-MG]], [[Belo Horizonte]], [[Brazil]] ]]
There are many other forms of hopscotch played across the globe.<ref name="Lankford">{{cite book | last = Lankford | first = Mary T. |author2=Karen Dugan | title = Hopscotch Around the World | publisher = William Morrow | year = 1992 | location = New York | isbn = 0-688-14745-3 }}</ref> In [[India]] it is called ''Stapu'' or ''Kit Kit'' in [[Hindi]], ''Nondi/Paandi'' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]), ''Thokkudu billa'' ([[Telugu language|Telugu]]) or ''Kith-Kith''. In [[Spain]] and some Latin American countries, it is called ''rayuela'', although it may also be known as ''golosa'' or ''charranca''. In [[France]] ''marelle'' is the name for the game.

In [[Turkey]], it is ''Seksek'' (from ''sek'', "to hop"). In [[Russian language|Russian]] it is known as ''классики'' (''klássiki'', [[diminutive]] for the word meaning "classes"). In [[Bulgaria]], the game is referred to as ''дама'' (''dama'') which means "lady".

In [[Poland]], it appears in two forms: ''klasy'' ("classes") which has a rectangular shape and no marker (instead, players call out names of various items of a given class, e.g. colours or flowers, while jumping on successive fields); and ''pajac'' ("[[buffoon]]") which has a human shape and uses a thrown marker, e.g. a piece of glass or stone.

In Sweden the game is named ''hoppa hage'' (lit. "jumping the garden"), while in [[Norway]] it is called ''paradis'', or [[Paradise]]. In [[Italy]] the game is known as ''campana'' (meaning "bell"), or ''mondo'' ("world"). In the [[Netherlands]] and [[Flanders]], it is called ''Hinkelen'' ("skip"). In [[Bosnia]], [[Croatia]], and [[Serbia]] it is called ''školica'', meaning "little school". In [[Malaysia]], the most popular variant is called ''tengteng''.

In [[Mexico]], it is called ''bebeleche (mamaleche)'' meaning "drink milk" <!--- mamaleche means 'suck milk' ---> or ''avioncito'' meaning "little plane", after its shape. In [[Cuba]] and in [[Puerto Rico]] it is called "La Peregrina" (meaning "Pilgrim Girl") and the squares represent the 9 rings the pilgrim traveler has to pass in order to reach Heaven from Purgatory, according to [[Inferno (Dante)|Dante's Inferno]].

In [[Romania]] the game is called ''șotron'' and is widely played by children all over the country. In [[Denmark]] it is called ''hinke''. In [[Brazil]] it is called ''amarelinha'', evolved from ''marelle'', the French name for the game that became too closely associated with the radical ''amarelo'' (yellow) and its diminutive in -inho/a.

In [[Breton language|Breton]], the name is ''reg'' or ''delech''. The Albanian variant is called ''rrasavi'', which is composed of two words: ''rrasa'' ("the flat stone", an object used to play the game) and ''vi'' ("line", a reference to the lines that comprise the diagram of the course). In China, hopscotch is called ''tiao fangzi'' (''跳房子'', meaning "jumping the houses").

In the [[Philippines]], the game is known as [[Traditional games in the Philippines#Piko|''piko'']], a variation of hopscotch that features a territorial capture mechanic. It is played on a diagram of boxes, commonly shaped like a cross, a stylized human figure or a four-petal shaped zone called moons. Children take turns tossing a ''pamato'' (a flat marker, such as a stone or bottle cap) onto designated squares and hopping through the course on one foot. The goal is not only to complete the sequence without stepping on lines or losing balance, but also to claim territory. After a successful round, a player may capture a square, which then becomes off-limits to others. This rule adds a strategic dimension that increases the challenge as the game progresses. Across the country, the game is known by various regional names: ''kingking'' in the [[Ilocos Region]], ''bikabix, kiki, or vicks-vicks'' in [[Cebu]] and other Visayan-speaking areas, ''buan-buan'' in parts of Mindanao and the Visayas, and ''saya-saya'' among Waray speakers, derived from the word saya meaning “skirt.” 

In India, hopscotch is called "thikrya", because broken stones called ''thikrya'' are slid across the grid as players hop to each square. In [[South Korea]], hopscotch is called ''sabangchigi'' (''사방치기'', meaning "Hitting the Four Cardinal Directions") and is widely played across the nation. In [[Ghana]], hopscotch is called "tumatu" and is mostly played by children.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://kuulpeeps.com/2016/07/8-games-that-ghanaian-university-students-will-never-admit-to-playing/|title=8 Games That Every 90's Kid Will Remember - Kuulpeeps - Ghana Campus News and Lifestyle Site by Students|last=Gbagbo|first=Julitta|date=29 July 2016|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref>

In Zimbabwe, the game is called pada and its mostly played by girls. In America the game is referred to as Hop Scotch and is played with a marker. It is found on elementary school playgrounds and is an activity most often played by [[girl]]s.

=== Persian: Laylay (or Khane bazi) ===
[[File:Hopscotch old.jpg|thumb|Street mosaic in the shape of hopscotch game in [[Boston]], USA]]
The hopscotch game's generic name in Persian is Laylay. The most common form of Laylay in Iran resembles the older Western types and uses six or more (always an even number) side-by-side squares successively (vertically) numbered. The player uses a peg or a flat stone that the player must kick to the next square as the player is hopping. If either the stone or a player's foot lands on a line, the player forfeits the game (or loses a turn). Although somewhat less common, the contemporary Western type also is played.

=== Glasgow: Peevers or Peever ===
In the Glasgow area, the hopscotch game is called "beds" or "Peever(s)". "Peever" is also the name of the object which is slid across the grid to land in a square. In the 1950s and 1960s in Glasgow, it was common for the peever to be a shoe polish tin filled with stones or dirt and screwed shut.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scotslanguage.com/articles/words/601 |title=Scots Language Centre - Scots Language Centre |access-date=2016-02-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201204404/http://www.scotslanguage.com/articles/words/601 |archive-date=2013-02-01 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ourglasgowstory.com/story.php?sid=48&start=0&end=14&id=1075906452&o= |title=Children's Games: Beds (Peever) |publisher=OurGlasgowStory |date=2005-01-17 |access-date=2015-03-10 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131032230/http://www.ourglasgowstory.com/story.php?sid=48&start=0&end=14&id=1075906452&o= |archive-date=2013-01-31 }}</ref>

Edinburgh children also call the game Peevers, played on a Peever bed with a chalked grid and a small flat tin - like a puck, where the chalk is stored during the game with the ballast.

=== French: Marelle, Escargot ===
"Marelle" is the name of the traditional hopscotch game in France, but a variant there is known as ''escargot'' (snail) or ''marelle ronde'' (round hopscotch).<ref name="britannica-hopscotch">{{cite web |last1=Tikkanen |first1=Amy |title=hopscotch |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/hopscotch-game |website=Britannica.com |access-date=15 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> The variant is played on a spiral course. Players must hop on one foot to the center of the spiral and then reverse their path to back out again.

If the player reaches the center without stepping on a line or losing balance he or she marks one square with his or her initials, and from then on may place two feet in that square, while all other players must hop over it. The game ends when all squares are marked or no one can reach the center and the winner is the player who "owns" the most squares.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.supercooltoystore.com/game-guides/how-to-play-snail-hopscotch |title=Closed for Maintenance |publisher=Super Cool Toy Store |access-date=2015-03-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104042224/http://www.supercooltoystore.com/game-guides/how-to-play-snail-hopscotch |archive-date=2015-01-04 }}</ref>

=== German: Himmel und Hölle ===
In [[Germany]], [[Austria]], and [[Switzerland]] the hopscotch game is called ''Himmel und Hölle'' (Heaven and Hell) although some other names are used, as well, depending on the region. The square below ''1'' or the ''1'' itself, is called ''Erde'' (Earth) while the second to last square is the ''Hölle'' ([[Hell]]) and the last one is ''Himmel'' ([[Heaven]]). The first player throws a small stone into the first square and then jumps to the square and must kick the stone to the next square and so on, however, neither the stone nor the player may stop in ''Hell'' so they try to skip that square.

=== India: Kith-Kith ===
[[File:Filles jouant à la marelle, Jaura, Inde.jpg|thumb|Girls playing hopscotch, [[Jaora]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], India]]
In [[India]], hopscotch is also called ''[[Kith-Kith]]'', ''[[Stapu]]'', ''[[Langdi (sport)|Langdi]]'' in the Hindi-speaking areas, or ''[[Ekhaat Duhaat]]'' or ''[[Ekka Dukka]]'' in [[Bengal]], ''[[Tipri Pani]]'' in [[Maharashtra]], [[Kunte bille]] in [[Karnataka]], [[Paandi]] in [[Tamil Nadu]], and [[Tokkudu Billa]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]] and [[Telangana]]. These games have similar principles in that players must hop on one foot and must throw the marker in the right square. The game is enjoyed by kids throughout the country.

=== New York City: Potsy ===
Potsy is the name of a hopscotch game that was played in [[New York City]]. The name probably refers to a "potsherd" that was used as a marker.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/potsy/ |title=The Big Apple: Potsy |publisher=Barrypopik.com |date=2005-03-07 |access-date=2015-03-10}}</ref>

=== Brazil: Amarelinha ===
In [[Brazil]], this game is called Amarelinha.

=== Spanish-speaking countries ===
[[File:3 Ghanaian young men play Tumatu.jpg|thumb|Boys playing tumatu in Ghana]]
In Spain, and several South American countries (Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Uruguay), the name of the hopscotch game is "Rayuela",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://4nite.site/dances/square-up |title=Traditional Children's Games: Hopscotch |publisher=topics-mag.com |access-date=21 April 2020}}</ref> However, it may also be known as golosa or charranca. In Chile, this game is called Luche. (Following some cultural evolution, "rayuela" is now applied to a throwing game in Chile.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pepeschile.com/rayuela-a-traditional-chilean-game/ |title=Rayuela – a Traditional Chilean Game |date=11 August 2010 |publisher=Pepes Chile |access-date=21 April 2020}}</ref>) In Mexico, the game is called bebeleche (mamaleche) meaning "drink milk" or avioncito meaning "little plane", after its shape. In Cuba and in Puerto Rico it is called "La Peregrina"

=== South Asia: Chindro ===
[[Chindro]] is the South Asian version of hopscotch.

=== Catalonia: Xarranca ===
[[Xarranca]] is the Catalan version of hopscotch.

=== Ghana: Tumatu ===
In [[Ghana]], the name of the hopscotch game is tumatu.<ref name=":0" />

=== Portugal: Jogo da Macaca ===
In [[Portugal]], this game is called Jogo da Macaca.

=== Indonesia: Engklek ===
[[Indonesia]] has many variants of this game. The name "Engklek" is the Javanese variant. Other variants are Ponci (West Sumatera), Sekebat (Aceh), Pecut Kelapa (Bangka Belitung), Kecek (Bali), and Setatak (Riau).

==Longest design==
During the [[COVID-19]] pandemic, in April 2020 a giant hopscotch game with nearly 1,000 squares was created in [[Edinburgh]], to be used while following [[social distancing]] rules.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/giant-hopscotch-game-runs-about-200-yards-edinburgh-street-community-keeps-adding-squares-it-rains-2542707|title=Giant hopscotch game runs 'about 200 yards' up Edinburgh street as community keeps 'adding squares' before it rains|publisher=Edinburgh News|date=April 18, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-scotland-52324722 |title=Coronavirus: Giant hopscotch more than 300m long in Edinburgh|publisher=BBC|date=April 21, 2020}}</ref>

==World record==
The current ''[[Guinness Book of World Records]]'' holder for the fastest hopscotch game is Ashrita Furman, at 1 minute and 2 seconds.<ref>[https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-game-of-hopscotch] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129115735/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-game-of-hopscotch}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
[[File:Hopscotch to oblivion.jpg|thumb|"Hopscotch to oblivion", Barcelona, Spain; an example of [[dark humor]]]]
*A hopscotch court drawn such that the area where the final step would be is instead a sheer drop such as a building or cliff, such that any participant would [[Suicide by jumping from height|fall to their death upon completion]], is a motif occasionally seen in fiction, sometimes as a device for [[black comedy]].
**A notable example is featured on the cover of the [[Korn]] album [[Follow the Leader (Korn album)|''Follow the Leader'']], which focuses on a young girl participating in the game at a cliff. The concept was described by [[Jonathan Davis]] as representing a [[Innocence#Loss of innocence|loss of innocence]].<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.msopr.com/press-releases/korn-in-their-words-close-up-with-jonathan/ |title=KORN…IN THEIR WORDS (Close Up With Jonathan) |publisher=Sony Music |access-date=March 20, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924012514/http://www.msopr.com/press-releases/korn-in-their-words-close-up-with-jonathan/ |archive-date=September 24, 2012 }}</ref>
*A 2010 PBS documentary, ''[[New York Street Games (film)|New York Street Games]]'', includes "potsy", described as a "girl's game" in the film.<ref>{{cite video
 |people       = [[Hector Elizondo]] (Narrator); Matt Levy (Director)
 |access-date   = 14 Nov 2011
 |url          = http://www.newyorkstreetgames.com/home.html
 |title        = New York Street Games
 |medium       = Motion picture
 |location     = New York City
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20111113235948/http://www.newyorkstreetgames.com/home.html
 |archive-date = 13 November 2011
 |url-status     = dead
 |df           = dmy-all
}}</ref>
*[[Julio Cortázar]] based his novel ''[[Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar novel)|Hopscotch]]'' on this game.

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{YouTube|wBeiSs6yOlI|How to play Hopscotch}}
* {{YouTube|T79NVh_46zA|Kids in Puerto Rico playing Peregrina}}
* [http://www.oprah.com/entertainment/Maya-Angelous-Harlem-Hopscotch-Official-Music-Video_1 Maya Angelou's poem 'Harlem Hopscotch']

{{Outdoor games}}

{{short description|Common playground game involving jumping between squares}}

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[[Category:Children's games]]
[[Category:Sindhi games]]
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