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-- -- ----- -- --------, - --- ---- -- ------- ---- ------ --- ------- -- --- -----. ---- ---- ----- --- ---- -------- --------- ----!

and my favourite...

Ls and Ts, coming up...

-- -t ----- t- ----t---, - --- ---- -- --ll--- ---- -l---- --- --tt--- -- -ll -----. T--- ---- ----- --- ---- -------- --------- -l--!

Nokes to Alf:

Quote:

If it comes to courtesy, I see none in calling your elders and betters by ill names. Take your Fairy and your nonsense somewhere else!

I'm flabbergasted - how did you do that??? You're right, of course.

secrets of craft revealed

This is how I do it:

Quote:

Is (if, as, so) it ----- to ----t---, I may (see, say, lie, die,) ---- is killing (calling, rolling, tolling, billing) ---- elders (almond, albino, alpine) and (for) betters -- ill -----. Take (took, told), ---- ----- --- ---- -------- --------- glad, (clad, olid, slid, bled, else)!

The main goal is to guess out some key-words - in this case - betters (when combined with 'calling', as I do not remember much 'killings' with JRRT - 'slaying' a-plenty, but 'killings' not that much, still more in 'minor works' - so, I assume it is 'calling'. I know only one person to accuse somebody of 'calling his betters' - else is technical staff of finding exact quote :)

To calculate possibilities, I employ Lingvo 9 (translating tool - Russian/English, but there are versions with French, German and Italian as well) - in my case, very useful facility to check spelling and meaning out, and I've found, for PoF type of games too. Per instance, the last word has a second 'l' in it. It may have a consonant before l (as in 'bled, clad'), or may not. 'else' comes to mind, but to double-check it, I may type something like 'alxe' into itno Lingvo search field. In return, it comes up with possible choices: axle and aloe. For 'elxe' - else and Elbe come out, for 'olxe' - nothing sensible. What my role is, is to make correct choice and than go for books :smokin:

So good for craft secret :D

Next on up, though:

Quote:

--- ----- ------ -- --- ----,
---- ----- --- ----- ----- ------ ----;
--- ----- ------‘- ---- --- ------- --- ----,
--- --- ---‘-- -- ------ ----!

And some "E"s please .

WAE

Quote:

--e w---e ----e- -- --e ----,
--e- -e--- a-- --a-- --e-- ----e- ----;
--- --e-- -a--e-‘- -ee- a-- ---w-e- --- w---,
a-- --e ---‘-- -e ------ ----!

T for me, please (again...)

WAET:

Quote:

T-e w--te ----e- -- t-e ----,
T-e- -e--- a-- --a-- t-e-- ----e- --t-;
--t T-e-- -a-te-‘- -ee- a-- ---w-e- --- w-t-,
a-- --e ---‘-- -e ------ ----!

Quote:

The wh-te h-r-e- -- the ----,
The- -e--h a-- -ha-- the-r ----er --t-;
--t the-r -a-ter-‘- -ee- a-- -r-w-e- h-- w-t-,
a-- the ---‘-- -e r----- ----!

Sorry for missing the T in the last line in my previous :)

Quote:

The ostler said to his tipsy cat:
"The white horses of the Moon,
They neigh and champ their silver bits;
But their master's been and drowned his wits,
and the Sun'll be rising soon!"

From The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

Yes indeed :) Next serve is yours

Here's a shorter one; I find it amusing!

Quote:

----, --------- --- ------- ------ -- ------?

Wild guesses, so O's please?

----, --------- --- ------- o----- -- ------?

The o-n-e palantir ;)

----, ---e----e -n- -en---- o---n- o- ---n--?

(including one O that I missed the first time - sorry!)

Once revealed, craft secret failed to help me out :)

Any D's in there?

----, d--e----e -nd -en---- o---n- o- ---n--?

Councillor Tompkins to Atkins the Teacher, about Niggle and latter's love of pretty things:

Quote:

What, digestive and genital organs of plants?

That's a quote that makes me chuckle. I can't imagine how you figured it out from those few letters, but you did! Your turn, HI.

d--e----e - could not find anything to fit in, unless it struck :)

next one:

Quote:

- ----- ----- --‘-- ---- ---- ----,
--- ----- ----- ---- -- ---- --- ----;
--- -- ---- ----- --- ---- -----
-- --- ----, ---- -- ---
---- ----- -----

Some "A"s to start off with .

Quote:

A ----- --a-- --‘-- -a-- ---- --a-,
a-- ----- --a-- ---- -- ---- --- --a-;
a-- -- ---- ----- --- ---- -----
-- --- a---, a--- -- ---
---- -a--- -a---

...and "S"s as well, if you please.

SAT:

Quote:

A ----- --ast --‘-- -a-- t--s --a-,
a-- t---- s-a-- ---- -- s--- --- t-a-;
a-- -- ---- ----- --- ---- -----
-- --- a---, a--- t- ---
---- -a--- -at-s

SATR:

Quote:

A --rr- --ast --‘-- -a-- t--s --ar,
a-- t--r- s-a-- ---- -- s--- --- t-ar;
a-- -- ---- ----- --r ---- -----
-- --- a---, a--- t- r--
---- -a--- -at-s

Satrn (we'll get Saturn if the next person asks for u... :rolleyes: )

Quote:

A --rr- --ast --‘-- -a-- t--s --ar,
an- t--r- s-a-- ---- n- s--- n-- t-ar;
an- -- ---- ----n --r ---- ----n
-- --- an--, an-- t- r-n
---n -a--- -at-s

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A merry feast we'll make this year,
and there shall come no sigh nor tear;
and we will feign our love begun
in joy anew, anew to run
down happy paths -

I don't have "The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun" , but I figured out the first line and most of the second one, and I thought it sounded like it - and I remembered there was a link to it here in the Downs... :)