Complex sentence: Old Scratch or Mr. Scratch derived from schratz or skratti, a demon of Scandinavian mythology, is a folk name for The Devil in the local legends of New England and pre-Civil War America.
Split into simpler sentences: Old Scratch or Mr. Scratch derived from schratz or skratti, a demon of Scandinavian mythology. It is a folk name for The Devil in the local legends of New England and pre-Civil War America.