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E: 28/02 Win £500, 2 x £250 Cryptic Treasure Hunt

Solve the cryptic clues to lead you to three buried treasures!

Closes end of February 2008 (I might need that long to solve this one!)

http://www.huntfun.co.uk/Comp.html

Hope this hasn't been posted before, couldn't find it with search.
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  • theshyguy
    theshyguy Posts: 151 Forumite
    wow i think ill work away from this slowly i havnt got a clue
    Starting comping late sept 2007

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    piggy points 2830 - only gotta get to 3500 to i can get my six bottles of wine :)

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  • I attempted it but it is very hard!
  • Zebby168
    Zebby168 Posts: 19 Forumite
    I think I've solved the third clue.

    {The baker took his dozen ponies towards the sunset. In the morning he took a pace towards the sun. He kept one pony and swapped each of the rest for a carpet before turning left.}

    Pony=25 and carpet=3 are Cockney slangs.

    The baker took his dozen ponies towards the sunset
    1. Baker's dozen=13, pony=25, sunset=west (13*25 = 325 paces west)

    In the morning he took a pace towards the sun.
    2. Sun rises in the East = 1 East

    He kept one pony and swapped each of the rest for a carpet before turning left.
    (I assumed he started with 13)
    3. 13-1=12, carpet=3, turning left when facing East = North (12*3 = 36 paces North)


    N:36
    S:0
    E:1
    W:325
  • 325 paces?
  • Wenchbabe
    Wenchbabe Posts: 74 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I have an answer for the first clue, not sure if it's right but...

    "To avoid proposals of marriage from three women he thought on his feet. Winifred wore a long fur. Liz the bigamist was married to 2 Rods. Norah proposed holding him down with 4 chains attached to 2 poles."

    I think that the three women refer to three compass points.

    Winifred (West) wore a long fur (furlong)

    According to Wiki a Furlong is 660 feet.

    Liz (Elizabeth = East) was married to 2 Rods.

    Wiki says a Rod = 16.5 feet so 2 x 16.5 = 33

    Nora (North) proposed holding him down with 4 chains attached to 2 poles.

    A chain is 4 rods and a pole is the same as a rod.

    So (4 x 4 x 16.5) + ( 2 x 16.5)

    = (4 x 66) + 33

    = 264 + 33

    = 297

    So for clue 1:

    N= 297
    S= 0
    E= 33
    W= 660

    Is this likely?

    Haven't got very far on clue 2 except that a cowboy hat is a ten gallon hat and a gill is a liquid unit of measure.
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  • eh??? come again???:rotfl: oh dear, this is not good news for someone like me who is in a permanent state of bewilderment (think anneka rice holding the fish = me) your theories are a lot better than mine tho! i still use the eeeny meeny miney mo! than make something up:rotfl:
    totally a tog!:D
  • NOSONDDU
    NOSONDDU Posts: 13,714 Forumite
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    Wenchbabe - totally agree. I remember learning a rod, pole or perch were all the same length! That shows my age. A gill is 5 fluid ozs ie 1/4 of a pint,and could flounce be fluid ounce? If so what if we have to calculate everything into fluid ounces to get the paces? cup = 8 fl ounces

    wearing = west?
    sipping = south?
    "Every day when I wake up I thank the Lord I'm Welsh" Cerys Matthews
  • sarerb18
    sarerb18 Posts: 1,979 Forumite
    bowdown.gif

    I feel a little_pale_

    sarer
  • Zebby168
    Zebby168 Posts: 19 Forumite
    I think it's Fluid ounce as well.

    eat=east?

    Do anyone think the word HALF is significant ?

    I'm thinking : half (10 gallons) = 5 gallons = 5*128 = 640 ?
  • Angua2
    Angua2 Posts: 673 Forumite

    • Some translations of the units - using Wikipedia: Hope this helps.

      The first Cryptic:
    • To avoid proposals of marriage from three women he thought on his feet. Winifred wore a long fur. Liz the bigamist was married to 2 Rods. Norah proposed holding him down with 4 chains attached to 2 poles.

      GUESS:
      N = 264
      S = 0
      E = 33
      W = 660

      2 rods = 33 FEET (if his thinking on his feet is a clue to the units)
      The rod is a unit of length, equal to 5.5 yards, 11 cubits, 5.0292 metres, 16.5 feet, or <sup>1</sup><big>⁄</big><sub>320</sub> of a statute mile. [Wikipedia]

      4 chains = 264 feet
      A chain is a unit of length; it measures 66 feet, which equates to 20.1168 metres). [Wikipedia]

      2 poles = 11 yards = 33 feet
      <table class="wikitable"><tbody><tr><td align="center">pole</td> <td align="right">5 <s style="display: none;">+</s><sup>1</sup><big>⁄</big><sub>2</sub></td> <td align="left">~5.029 m</td> <td align="right">The pole is also called rod or perch.</td></tr></tbody></table>5.5 yards
    Argh! Long fur = furlong! A furlong is a measure of distance within imperial units and U.S. customary units, and is equal to 660 feet or one-eighth of a mile. [Wikipedia]
    Still waiting for Dyson to bring out a ride-on hoover...
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