Noob Electrical Question re: Switches

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So I have been replacing little things around the house and finally got around to doing the switches / outlets (old ones were stained smoke color from previous owners).

My hallway switch used to work in 3-way fashion, where it didn't matter if either switch was on or off, the other would work. Now the kitchen has always been where one switch would need to be hot for the other to work.

Now, I swear to god I wired them up the way I took them off, but apparently I didn't. The way I understand three way: Ground goes to ground, hot goes to common and traveler goes to the brass- I've got it hooked up like that, but the hallway light only wants to work like the kitchen- one has to be hot for the other to work. Halp.

[MENTION=111]OffshoreDrilling[/MENTION]

Edit: working on pictures, cause i'm sure that'll help.

Stupid question; are you using a 3 way switch? They are different than conventional ones, and it sounds like you bought normal switches (as that's how they'd behave)
 
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