The Riddle Game - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

JennyHallu · 02-26-2006, 09:51 PM

no, that's not the answer, but that's a clever way of interpreting the last stanza.

AragornII · 02-27-2006, 06:26 PM

How about the mind in general? You know, like thoughts?

JennyHallu · 02-27-2006, 07:27 PM

Nope!

keep thinking...

piosenniel · 03-01-2006, 10:37 PM

Fire

dumb creatures - 2 sticks rubbed together/or a flint and striker

the first spark of it comes gleaming into the world

in many old cultures it was tended by the women, kept going, banked from day to day

warm blessings to those who use and handle it well

destruction to those who let it get out of hand

JennyHallu · 03-02-2006, 07:53 AM

Exactly right, pio!!!

Congrats, your thread!

piosenniel · 03-03-2006, 03:47 AM

I've been reading Jane Austen lately.

This is a charade or word-puzzle from one of her works: "my whole" is the word to be guessed; "my first" is its first syllable, and "my second" its second syllable.

~*~

My first doth affliction denote

Which my second is destin'd to feel.

And my whole is the best antidote

That affliction to soften and heal.

JennyHallu · 03-03-2006, 08:03 AM

Oh yay! Another literary one!

Must run off and think.

02-26-2006, 09:51 PM	#1
JennyHallu The Pearl, The Lily Maid Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In my luxury Barrow, snuggled up in a pile of satin pillows, eating fresh fruit. Posts: 1,628	no, that's not the answer, but that's a clever way of interpreting the last stanza. __________________ <=== Lookee, lookee, lots of IM handles!

02-27-2006, 06:26 PM	#2
AragornII Wight Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Concluding negotiations Posts: 103	Hmmmmm... How about the mind in general? You know, like thoughts? __________________ From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken; The crownless again shall be king.

02-27-2006, 07:27 PM	#3
JennyHallu The Pearl, The Lily Maid Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In my luxury Barrow, snuggled up in a pile of satin pillows, eating fresh fruit. Posts: 1,628	Nope! keep thinking... __________________ <=== Lookee, lookee, lots of IM handles!

03-01-2006, 10:37 PM	#4
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	Fire dumb creatures - 2 sticks rubbed together/or a flint and striker the first spark of it comes gleaming into the world in many old cultures it was tended by the women, kept going, banked from day to day warm blessings to those who use and handle it well destruction to those who let it get out of hand __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.

03-02-2006, 07:53 AM	#5
JennyHallu The Pearl, The Lily Maid Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In my luxury Barrow, snuggled up in a pile of satin pillows, eating fresh fruit. Posts: 1,628	Exactly right, pio!!! Congrats, your thread! __________________ <=== Lookee, lookee, lots of IM handles!

03-03-2006, 03:47 AM	#6
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	I've been reading Jane Austen lately. This is a charade or word-puzzle from one of her works: "my whole" is the word to be guessed; "my first" is its first syllable, and "my second" its second syllable. ~*~ My first doth affliction denote Which my second is destin'd to feel. And my whole is the best antidote That affliction to soften and heal. __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.

03-03-2006, 08:03 AM	#7
JennyHallu The Pearl, The Lily Maid Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In my luxury Barrow, snuggled up in a pile of satin pillows, eating fresh fruit. Posts: 1,628	Oh yay! Another literary one! Must run off and think. __________________ <=== Lookee, lookee, lots of IM handles!