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Name That Game

Ghost-white fingers and skinned knee Leap one to next one, or two – Balance and agility. Use a chalk to draw the form. Number in simple sequence. Shape and size need not conform. What folly this? Cast with hands? Meant to set inside the square, Wait to find out where it lands. Start to count from one to ten. Leap away across the ground, Then jump back to one again. Steps and throws, take care to watch, Outside the square, miss a turn. That’s the way to play hop scotch!

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Victor Buhagiar

Date: 10/8/2020 10:17:00 PM

Is hop-scotch still popular? Lovely poem. ~~

Linda Alice Fowler
Date: 10/9/2020 5:36:00 AM

Hi Victor. Thank you ! I see it played occasionally 'though not too often. They do make hopscotch chalk now with bright colors, sparkles, and even scented! Nothing so fancy when I was a young girl. In fact, we didn't always have a sidewalk, in which case we'd draw the outline in the dirt.

Gershon Wolf

Date: 10/8/2020 5:57:00 PM

Well, I have no idea how to play this game. We always held it was 'for girls.' Only rarely played on my block now. Thanks for the memories. :)

Linda Alice Fowler
Date: 10/8/2020 6:07:00 PM

Ha! It's beneficial fun, like hula hoops and such. Thanks gw. laf

Susan Woodrow

Date: 10/8/2020 10:31:00 AM

oh goodness...what a fun game that was; your write took me back to happy times.. :)

Susan Woodrow
Date: 10/8/2020 12:51:00 PM

oh yes! we never had side walks though so we had to outline in the bare ground - the circles would start to sink in their centers and we spent hours looking for the right piece of broken glass or clay that would stick when we threw and not slide out! :)

Linda Alice Fowler
Date: 10/8/2020 10:54:00 AM

Hi Susan. I think we should go outside and try it, don't you? :) Thanks for dropping by and commenting! Linda

Rico Leffanta

Date: 10/8/2020 10:24:00 AM

It has been YEARS since I have seen that chalked on a sidewalk! Aloha! Rico

Linda Alice Fowler
Date: 10/8/2020 10:53:00 AM

It's making a comeback here Rico. And now they have all those wonderful colors of chalk, not just white. And it's thick to make wide lines. :) Thanks for stopping by! aloha Linda