Old Scratch

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

Mentions

Examples of usage of the name "Old Scratch" are found in:

• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
• Constantine (TV series)
• American Dad! episode "Permanent Record Wrecker"
• Crossroads (1986 film)
• The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benét
• The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving
• The Last Rung on the Ladder by Stephen King
• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
• Lucifer (TV series) (Season 1 Episode 2 "Lucifer, Stay. Good Devil.")
• Miracle Monday by Elliot S. Maggin
• Mud (2012 film)
• Alan Wake (2012 video game)
• Quantum Leap" (Season 3 Episode 5 "The Boogieman")
• The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo by Rudyard Kipling
• The Story of Mankind
• The Three Clerks by Anthony Trollope
• The Witches of Eastwick
• "Beelz" song written by Stephen Lynch
• "Three Men Hanging" song by Murder by Death
• I, Ripper by Stephen Hunter
• "Tight Like That" by the rock band Clutch
• Episode 12 of Welcome to Night Vale

References

1. ↑ "Old Scratch", The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Houghton Mifflin Company, Fifth Edition, 2011