An old engraving showing a French variant for the court markings for playing a Hopscotch game called Escargot or Snail. It is from Victorian book of the 1890s on sports, games and pastimes. It is played within a spiral shape (like a snail shell), Players hop on one foot to a central rest spot and then back out again. Each player who succeeds may initial a space. The subsequent ‘hoppers’ cannot land on an initialised area. The game continues until it becomes impossible to reach the centre as too many spaces have initials in them.
An old engraving showing a French variant for the court markings for playing a Hopscotch game called Escargot or Snail. It is from Victorian book of the 1890s on sports, games and pastimes. It is played within a spiral shape (like a snail shell), It can be played, like Hopscotch, retrieving a lagger (often a shell or stone), by hopping sequentially into numbered spaces to reach it. More often players hop on one foot to a central rest spot and then back out again. Each player who succeeds may initial a space. The subsequent ‘hoppers’ cannot land on an initialised area. The game continues until it becomes impossible to reach the centre as too many spaces have initials in them.
Size: 2421px × 2637px
Location: France
Photo credit: © M&N / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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