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Old Scratch or Mr. Scratch is a nickname or pseudonym for the Devil. The name likely comes from Middle English scrat, the name of a demon or goblin, derived from Old Norse skratte. [1]

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  1. "Old Scratch", The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language , Houghton Mifflin Company, Fifth Edition, 2011
  2. "Assassin's Creed 4 Walkthrough - Sequence 05 Memory 02: Traveling Salesman (100% Sync)". Youtube. IGN Walkthroughs. 29 October 2013. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2019. "Damn You, Old Scratch."- Mary Read