The Riddle Game - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

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.

piosenniel · 03-16-2006, 01:23 PM

Good grief! I've killed this thread!

Right, then - the answer to the Jane Austen riddle:

My first doth affliction denote ----- Woe

Which my second is destin'd to feel. ----- man

And my whole is the best antidote
That affliction to soften and heal.

Answer ----- Woe + man = Woman

Yes, horridly sexist, perhaps . . . but anyway it's solved.

Someone else please carry on . . .

03-02-2006, 07:53 AM	#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	Exactly right, pio!!! Congrats, your thread! __________________ <=== Lookee, lookee, lots of IM handles!

03-03-2006, 03:47 AM	#2
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	#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	Oh yay! Another literary one! Must run off and think. __________________ <=== Lookee, lookee, lots of IM handles!

03-16-2006, 01:23 PM	#4
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	Good grief! I've killed this thread! Right, then - the answer to the Jane Austen riddle: My first doth affliction denote ----- Woe Which my second is destin'd to feel. ----- man And my whole is the best antidote That affliction to soften and heal. Answer ----- Woe + man = Woman Yes, horridly sexist, perhaps . . . but anyway it's solved. Someone else please carry on . . . __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.