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Clue #3
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Here is the new clue:
No time, old sport, to play and cavort. Pursue the grail with your schemes! Out at night? Then follow the light To cross the way to your dreams. And here are the previous clues: Clue #2 Stay away from links and risky hijinks. Disturb not ground, tree or trail. Don’t wait for last clue to know what to do; This year you’ll figure or fail.
Clue #1 Be it turmoil endemic or global pandemic It’s been a tough year for us all. So rather than punt, we renewed this year’s hunt: Join us, it’ll be a ball!
Don’t be odd, stay in your pod. Keep six feet away from strangers. Wear a mask when on your task To keep all safe from dangers. |
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Oh boy! Time to noodle! Anagram anyone?
Also, has anyone else noticed the use of semicolons and colons? Clue 1 after the word hunt (:) and Clue 2 after the word do (;). But no use in Clue 3. |
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Obvious homage to No Time for Cold Feet ~ "the holy grail of St. Paul". Confirmation that it's in a St. Paul Park? "Old sport" nod to F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Great Gatsby.
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Ben Fischer
Park picks : Battle Creek 5 Hansen Park 5 On Jan 26, 2021, at 00:23, Rebecca via groups.io <radgibson@...> wrote:
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Archie Pickerign
The couple of small parks near the Fitzgerald home certainly might fit with the “old sport”. Though a literal reading could mean something like the Handball court they put in by Newell park a couple years back - an Old Sport.
Several knights if you go the Arthurian route- McKnight road, the Harding High Knights etc. to my knowledge nothing directly tied to Percival or Galahad directly ( the grail knights) the “way to dreams” could be sleep? That line feels important but I’m stumped. |
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Food for thought: Description Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins in a tribal game played by the indigenous peoples of the Eastern Woodlands and by various other indigenous peoples of North America. On Jan 26, 2021, at 11:40 AM, acpickerign@... wrote:
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Archie Pickerign
The thought had crossed my mind too - lacrosse Ave over by Beaver Lake and there are a couple of lacrosse centric spots in the city too - Monroe park always seems to have the nets set up for example.
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A less literal thought I had was a reference to a dog park. "old sport" could be a nickname for a dog and they would play and cavort in the dog park. Follow the light could be something like the 3M sign near Battle Creek or the the big "1" downtown. David B. Allison
On Tuesday, January 26, 2021, 12:23:24 PM CST, <acpickerign@...> wrote:
The thought had crossed my mind too - lacrosse Ave over by Beaver Lake and there are a couple of lacrosse centric spots in the city too - Monroe park always seems to have the nets set up for example.
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Kristen
I immediately thought Gatsby with clue 3... another WBL year? Follow the light could mean head north. On Tue, Jan 26, 2021, 12:28 PM Allison Wonderland via groups.io <AllisonWondrland=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:
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Mike Flipp
No time, old sport, to play and cavort. Pursue the grail with your schemes! Out at night? Then follow the light To cross the way to your dreams. No Time - Past Time / Old Sport = Baseball = Americas Favorite Pastime Purse the grail ( The treasure ) with your schemes (noodling) Also grail may = G rail or Green Rail Out at night - Night games at CHS field, then follow the light - Light RAIL - Green line? to downtown St. Paul to CROSS, railroad crossing, light rail crossing, the way to your DREAMS, field of DREAMS. Baseball Movie. St Paul Saints are the new Triple AAA team of the TWINS, its a BIG DEAL folks...just sayin' Drops the mic And still has all 10 in Battle Creek, LOL ....But I digress Flippster
On Tuesday, January 26, 2021, 12:01:47 AM CST, Allison Wonderland via groups.io <allisonwondrland@...> wrote:
Here is the new clue: No time, old sport, to play and cavort. Pursue the grail with your schemes! Out at night? Then follow the light To cross the way to your dreams. And here are the previous clues: Clue #2 Stay away from links and risky hijinks. Disturb not ground, tree or trail. Don’t wait for last clue to know what to do; This year you’ll figure or fail.
Clue #1 Be it turmoil endemic or global pandemic It’s been a tough year for us all. So rather than punt, we renewed this year’s hunt: Join us, it’ll be a ball!
Don’t be odd, stay in your pod. Keep six feet away from strangers. Wear a mask when on your task To keep all safe from dangers. |
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I didn't know this as I hadn't seen the movie and it's been forever since I read the book, but according to "the Google" the phrase "old sport" is indeed connected to the Great Gatsby. F. Scott Fitzgerald lived with his parents for a summer at 599 Summit Ave. but it's at least 3 blocks to a park. I do remember the East Egg/West Egg thing in the book so maybe a reference to the East and West picnic grounds at Como? Bit of a stretch though.
On Tuesday, January 26, 2021, 03:25:05 PM CST, Mike Flipp via groups.io <flippstermn@...> wrote:
No time, old sport, to play and cavort. Pursue the grail with your schemes! Out at night? Then follow the light To cross the way to your dreams. No Time - Past Time / Old Sport = Baseball = Americas Favorite Pastime Purse the grail ( The treasure ) with your schemes (noodling) Also grail may = G rail or Green Rail Out at night - Night games at CHS field, then follow the light - Light RAIL - Green line? to downtown St. Paul to CROSS, railroad crossing, light rail crossing, the way to your DREAMS, field of DREAMS. Baseball Movie. St Paul Saints are the new Triple AAA team of the TWINS, its a BIG DEAL folks...just sayin' Drops the mic And still has all 10 in Battle Creek, LOL ....But I digress Flippster
On Tuesday, January 26, 2021, 12:01:47 AM CST, Allison Wonderland via groups.io <allisonwondrland@...> wrote:
Here is the new clue: No time, old sport, to play and cavort. Pursue the grail with your schemes! Out at night? Then follow the light To cross the way to your dreams. And here are the previous clues: Clue #2 Stay away from links and risky hijinks. Disturb not ground, tree or trail. Don’t wait for last clue to know what to do; This year you’ll figure or fail.
Clue #1 Be it turmoil endemic or global pandemic It’s been a tough year for us all. So rather than punt, we renewed this year’s hunt: Join us, it’ll be a ball!
Don’t be odd, stay in your pod. Keep six feet away from strangers. Wear a mask when on your task To keep all safe from dangers. |
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dave pwcmn.com
Is the Fitzgerald statue still in Rice park?
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Kristen
The book is said to be inspired by white bear lake. |
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Archie Pickerign
Fitzgerald’s mother Molly McQuillan was his ties to Saint Paul and his birth home at 481 Laurel is a half block from McQuillan park - a small city neighborhood park dedicated to his second cousin.
good place as any to elk the dog tonight. |
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Jennifer Strahan
This clue from the 1962 hunt has some interesting parallels with the clues so far: Clue #2 Published on Monday, January 29, 1962 Join Carnival hi-jinks, come on the run; The treasure hunt is part of the fun. A distant landmark in the sky Blinks its message from on high. Explanation: Hi-jinks meant Jenks Street was nearby. The distant blinking landmark was the illuminated sign atop the First National Bank. On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 3:45 PM <acpickerign@...> wrote: Fitzgerald’s mother Molly McQuillan was his ties to Saint Paul and his birth home at 481 Laurel is a half block from McQuillan park - a small city neighborhood park dedicated to his second cousin. |
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Jennifer Strahan
Also, I just noticed that the finders were from White Bear Lake... On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 5:38 PM Jennifer Strahan <strahanjen@...> wrote:
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I agree about Gatsby, but the book or the author?
From: theallisonwonderland@groups.io <theallisonwonderland@groups.io> on behalf of Kristen <kristen.sommerville@...>
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 2:15:54 PM To: theallisonwonderland@groups.io <theallisonwonderland@groups.io> Subject: Re: [theallisonwonderland] Clue #3 I immediately thought Gatsby with clue 3... another WBL year? Follow the light could mean head north.
On Tue, Jan 26, 2021, 12:28 PM Allison Wonderland via
groups.io <AllisonWondrland=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:
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Kristen
Both! Too early to tell. Old Sport is a book reference. On Tue, Jan 26, 2021, 6:23 PM Peeko03 <Peeko03@...> wrote:
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2017 Hunt clue about the Hmong sport Tuj Lub, which is about 5000 years old. A field for this sport was put in at Phalen-Keller Regional Park by the archery field.
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (about the search for the Holy Grail) had Sean Connery as a star. Any Indiana streets near a park? |
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