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Estelyn Telcontar · 07-07-2004, 05:04 AM

That's so close to being absolutely correct that minor imprecisions are pardonable, HI. Your turn.

HerenIstarion · 07-12-2004, 11:39 AM

To set matters right, here is the correct quotation:

Quote:

Fly away little birds! Fly away if you can! Come down little birds, or you will get roasted in your nests!

And the next one runs as follows:

Quote:

Let us come in! She will lull us to sleep even in the middle of the day

Estelyn Telcontar · 07-18-2004, 10:36 AM

I have no idea where to find a quote that sounds like it could be right - can you give a clue, please? I've 'translated' the first part thus: "Make them go out! He won't wake them..." Is that close?

HerenIstarion · 07-20-2004, 12:14 AM

One person was proposing to another to take his turn on duty in his stead. There was more than mere altruism behind the proposal

HerenIstarion · 08-08-2004, 01:49 PM

well, well, there was a deadly foe [unexpectedly] dead in battle not long before the conversation took place, but matters were not resolved as it was expected, so more 'foes' (commas intended) came around.

Estelyn Telcontar · 08-08-2004, 02:05 PM

HI, I'm trying to figure this one out, but I've paged through passage after passage without finding it. Can you give a clue as to which of the 6 LotR books it's in? That would narrow the search down!

HerenIstarion · 08-08-2004, 02:18 PM

Dwarf and 'human' (commas intended again). In the book I quote the most

ah, and 'human' does not mean that he were, say, a wizard. Rather, one who would not need to stoop to shake hands with a dwarf, rather the opposite, dwarf would.

Ok, ok, no I almost said it, I can as well go and say that conversation took place between:

Hobbit and dwarf

Estelyn Telcontar · 08-08-2004, 02:35 PM

Thanks! Looking in the right book is very helpful indeed! Bilbo is speaking to Bombur:

Quote:

Off you go! I will wake you at midnight

HerenIstarion · 08-08-2004, 02:43 PM

correct

HerenIstarion · 08-18-2004, 05:10 AM

... the thread goes up...

Estelyn Telcontar · 08-25-2004, 03:38 PM

Sorry, been away for over a week - will come up with a new one ASAP...

Estelyn Telcontar · 08-26-2004, 02:10 AM

Here's an easy one to get going again:

Quote:

The Pauper above the seas, the Pauper of unhewn wood, the servant of leaden statues won't go to take from others!

HerenIstarion · 09-01-2004, 01:35 AM

easy

The King beneath the mountains,
The King of carven stone,
The lord of silver fountains
Shall come into his own

The Hobbit

Estelyn Telcontar · 09-01-2004, 01:51 AM

For you, of course it's easy! I was just hoping I might tempt someone else to try their hand at it, but without you, this thread is dormant...

Go ahead with a new one!

HerenIstarion · 09-01-2004, 02:54 AM

Though ugly are as ugly destroy, as they think in Landia

Estelyn Telcontar · 09-01-2004, 03:21 AM

hmmmm, Sam says "handsome is as handsome does" to Faramir, but that quote lacks the addition of "as we say in the Shire", so I guess I'll have to keep on looking...

HerenIstarion · 09-01-2004, 04:24 AM

this thread should be of help, than

Estelyn Telcontar · 09-01-2004, 06:23 AM

Quote:

But handsome is as handsome does, as we say in the Shire

Ah, my second guess was the right one then. This time, it's Pippin, speaking of Strider, whom Frodo thought "looks foul and feels fair". Which goes to show that looks aren't everything!

HerenIstarion · 09-01-2004, 07:01 AM

correct

Estelyn Telcontar · 09-03-2004, 06:48 AM

Here's a new one:

Quote:

Then went the picture of one-eyed Sauron or the Sword of Joy

**The Saucepan Man** · 09-03-2004, 10:52 AM

Is it the minstrel of Gondor at the Field of Cormallen?

Quote:

For I will sing to you of Frodo of the Nine Fingers and the Ring of Doom.

Estelyn Telcontar · 09-03-2004, 11:22 AM

That's close, very close, Saucy, but the one I chose precedes that one - a prophecy of sorts...

Firefoot · 09-03-2004, 03:50 PM

Quote:

"Do you think they'll say: now comes the story of Nine-fingered Frodo and the Ring of Doom?"

It was Sam to Frodo on the slopes of Mt. Doom.

Estelyn Telcontar · 09-03-2004, 09:51 PM

Yes, Firefoot - that's the exact quote! Your turn now.

Firefoot · 09-04-2004, 06:17 AM

Thanks.

Quote:

"When I go off the secret stream up to a lower closet, I might be freed there."

Estelyn Telcontar · 09-19-2004, 05:53 AM

Can we have a clue please?

Firefoot · 09-19-2004, 06:00 AM

It's in one of the books 2, 4, or 6 of LotR.

Estelyn Telcontar · 09-19-2004, 06:25 AM

I've skimmed all three of those books and still can't find anything close to what I think it should be. Another clue, please? Perhaps where it takes place?

HerenIstarion · 09-23-2004, 02:42 AM

That would be Gandalf in Moria:

Quote:

If we had come by the main road down from the upper halls, we should have been trapped here

as the Fellowship comes out into the hall by the side passage, passing the great crack of fire.

Firefoot · 09-23-2004, 02:06 PM

That's the one, H-I! Please continue.

HerenIstarion · 09-24-2004, 02:40 AM

‘Yes, such is her desire!’ shouted Loki. ‘She knows his heart well. She does understand he and the goblins could not let them die, not after the great feat they accomplished!’

HerenIstarion · 11-12-2004, 07:27 AM

As Frodo is allegedly derived from Norse Froða, I gave myself liberty of opposing to him Loki. So, hint is = the reversed quote is what Frodo spake

Firefoot · 11-26-2004, 02:41 PM

I keep coming back to this and I still can't find anything... another hint, perhaps?

HerenIstarion · 11-26-2004, 04:21 PM

well, goblins, obviously, is opposite of elves. 'she' in this case is Gandalf

Evisse the Blue · 01-04-2005, 04:30 PM

"No, and I don't want to", said Frodo. "I can't understand you. Do you mean to say that you, and the Elves, have let him live on after all those horrible deeds?"

Frodo to Gandalf, in The Shadow of the Past.

HerenIstarion · 01-05-2005, 02:07 PM

Wonderfull comeback, Evisse, - I keep chasing you around old chestnuts unsolved in the quotes subforum just to confirm - yes, you've got it. And that one too, and the third one is guessed correclty as well...

.

!

Evisse the Blue · 01-05-2005, 02:24 PM

LOL, sorry to send you running!

But things were dead in the Quotes forum, and I don't mean dead in a good way, like it should be here on the Barrows...

Next one up:

"I sure hope that Minas Morgul is destroyed and and rots in hell!"

HerenIstarion · 08-09-2005, 05:04 AM

Yes, I surely do...

Evisse the Blue · 08-10-2005, 04:48 AM

Amazingly, I think I still remember this quote...or I think I do.

Hint: It's been said by someone's bedside.

Galadriel55 · 11-09-2010, 06:41 PM

...that this is about Minas Tirith. I can almost bet on it. I just can't locate where something like this is it said, though! This is SO frustrating!
I'll have a stab at it: Denethor, right before his death, even though I don't remember what exactly he said?

07-07-2004, 05:04 AM	#281
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	That's so close to being absolutely correct that minor imprecisions are pardonable, HI. Your turn. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

07-18-2004, 10:36 AM	#283
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	I have no idea where to find a quote that sounds like it could be right - can you give a clue, please? I've 'translated' the first part thus: "Make them go out! He won't wake them..." Is that close? __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

07-20-2004, 12:14 AM	#284
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	clues One person was proposing to another to take his turn on duty in his stead. There was more than mere altruism behind the proposal __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

08-08-2004, 01:49 PM	#285
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Guess it out quick or else I myself may forget the original... well, well, there was a deadly foe [unexpectedly] dead in battle not long before the conversation took place, but matters were not resolved as it was expected, so more 'foes' (commas intended) came around. __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

08-08-2004, 02:05 PM	#286
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	HI, I'm trying to figure this one out, but I've paged through passage after passage without finding it. Can you give a clue as to which of the 6 LotR books it's in? That would narrow the search down! __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

08-08-2004, 02:18 PM	#287
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	LoTR? Whos said it was LoTR? Ah, wrong book altogether... Dwarf and 'human' (commas intended again). In the book I quote the most ah, and 'human' does not mean that he were, say, a wizard. Rather, one who would not need to stoop to shake hands with a dwarf, rather the opposite, dwarf would. Ok, ok, no I almost said it, I can as well go and say that conversation took place between: Hobbit and dwarf __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

08-08-2004, 02:43 PM	#289
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	correct __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

08-18-2004, 05:10 AM	#290
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Not to be forgotten and lost... ... the thread goes up... __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

08-25-2004, 03:38 PM	#291
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Sorry, been away for over a week - will come up with a new one ASAP... __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

09-01-2004, 01:35 AM	#293
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	easy The King beneath the mountains, The King of carven stone, The lord of silver fountains Shall come into his own The Hobbit __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

09-01-2004, 01:51 AM	#294
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	For you, of course it's easy! I was just hoping I might tempt someone else to try their hand at it, but without you, this thread is dormant... Go ahead with a new one! __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

09-01-2004, 02:54 AM	#295
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	let us keep it easy, than Though ugly are as ugly destroy, as they think in Landia __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

09-01-2004, 03:21 AM	#296
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	hmmmm, Sam says "handsome is as handsome does" to Faramir, but that quote lacks the addition of "as we say in the Shire", so I guess I'll have to keep on looking... __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

09-01-2004, 04:24 AM	#297
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	this thread should be of help, than __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

09-01-2004, 07:01 AM	#299
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	correct __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

09-03-2004, 11:22 AM	#302
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	That's close, very close, Saucy, but the one I chose precedes that one - a prophecy of sorts... __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

09-03-2004, 09:51 PM	#304
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Yes, Firefoot - that's the exact quote! Your turn now. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

09-19-2004, 05:53 AM	#306
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Can we have a clue please? __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

09-19-2004, 06:00 AM	#307
Firefoot Illusionary Holbytla Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,547	It's in one of the books 2, 4, or 6 of LotR.

09-19-2004, 06:25 AM	#308
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	I've skimmed all three of those books and still can't find anything close to what I think it should be. Another clue, please? Perhaps where it takes place? __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

09-23-2004, 02:06 PM	#310
Firefoot Illusionary Holbytla Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,547	That's the one, H-I! Please continue.

09-24-2004, 02:40 AM	#311
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	‘Yes, such is her desire!’ shouted Loki. ‘She knows his heart well. She does understand he and the goblins could not let them die, not after the great feat they accomplished!’ __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

11-12-2004, 07:27 AM	#312
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	As Frodo is allegedly derived from Norse Froða, I gave myself liberty of opposing to him Loki. So, hint is = the reversed quote is what Frodo spake __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

11-26-2004, 02:41 PM	#313
Firefoot Illusionary Holbytla Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,547	I keep coming back to this and I still can't find anything... another hint, perhaps?

11-26-2004, 04:21 PM	#314
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	well, goblins, obviously, is opposite of elves. 'she' in this case is Gandalf __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

01-04-2005, 04:30 PM	#315
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	I believe I have it... "No, and I don't want to", said Frodo. "I can't understand you. Do you mean to say that you, and the Elves, have let him live on after all those horrible deeds?" Frodo to Gandalf, in The Shadow of the Past. __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

01-05-2005, 02:07 PM	#316
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	That's correct Wonderfull comeback, Evisse, - I keep chasing you around old chestnuts unsolved in the quotes subforum just to confirm - yes, you've got it. And that one too, and the third one is guessed correclty as well... . ! __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

01-05-2005, 02:24 PM	#317
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	LOL, sorry to send you running! But things were dead in the Quotes forum, and I don't mean dead in a good way, like it should be here on the Barrows... Next one up: "I sure hope that Minas Morgul is destroyed and and rots in hell!" __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass. Last edited by Evisse the Blue; 01-05-2005 at 02:25 PM. Reason: destroyEd

08-09-2005, 05:04 AM	#318
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	I feel like a hint... Yes, I surely do... __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

08-10-2005, 04:48 AM	#319
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	Amazingly, I think I still remember this quote...or I think I do. Hint: It's been said by someone's bedside. __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

11-09-2010, 06:41 PM	#320
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,382	I have a feeling... ...that this is about Minas Tirith. I can almost bet on it. I just can't locate where something like this is it said, though! This is SO frustrating! I'll have a stab at it: Denethor, right before his death, even though I don't remember what exactly he said? __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera