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HopscotchThe "scotch" in Hopscotch comes from an old English work meaning "scratch", referring to the practice of scratching the diagrams for the game into the dirt or sand. The game itself is ancient. There are many ways to draw a hopscotch diagram, and nearly all can be found wherever the game is found. No diagram is completely unique to a particular area of the world. Most hopscotch games are played with markers: pebbles, flat stones, bits of broken pots. The marker is usually thrown or pushed into a different square for each round of the game. Different versions of the game may require the player to perform various actions with the marker such as picking it up, or kicking it through the squares as s/he hops on one or both feet. In Burma, the player does not simply hop, but squats on their heels with hands on hips, jumping from one square to the next. Subsequent rounds of the game may include balancing the marker on a part of the body. There are two ways of winning hopscotch games: completing the required number of rounds first, or owning the most squares at the end of the game. There are three consistent ways of losing one's turn: if the player loses their balance and/or puts both feet down when hoping on one foot, if the marker lands in the wrong square, or if the marker or the player's foot touches the line of the diagram.
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