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A Bell tolls, and with a cape and girdle were a part of 15, that may point to a calf on the head, and the others too.

This if it lasts will take guess work so there are very few traps

>A Bell Tolls<: an hour o'clock

>and with a cape and girdle<: a ritual, perhaps outdoors (cape), at that hour

>were a part of 15<: a group (a coven isn't necessarily 13)

>that may point to a calf on the head<: pointing at a specific ritual?

>and the others too<: No idea


I wish I could google for this poesy:
...Dammit, I will
(please note, After my guesses

https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/html/1807/4350/poem1034.html

(why isn't it a link? - copy/paste if you like: Thomas Hood, Faithless Sally Brown

batman and robin and the JLA

No and No

Wicca an interesting but fruitless path

Remember No vengance for inteligent but wrong answers.

Should we ask for whom the bell tolls?


Geggs

No but you should keep it in mind cause that is what bells do

- Ok, first things first : can anyone explain what a girdle is, please?

- "15" made me think of rugby, but there aren't capes in rugby, are there? (and no bells that I know of either...)

- A calf could be the animal or the body part. That's the other thing that made me think of rugby, because sometimes in the game you end up with a big heap of players, and so very likely to find the calf of one player on the head of another...

- Also, is it relevant that "Bell" has a capital B? As in Graham Bell or something?

A girdle is akin to a belt. Often worn during the medieval period as a strip of leather tied at the side, and occasionally at the front. In the modern era it is more likely to be an elasticated or tied garment used to pull in the stomach.



MMF

A girdle is a belt, basically. John the Baptist wore a 'leathern girdle' over his goatskin coat, for example.


Geggs

Geggs

Thanks boys!
*wanders off to think*

Remember use all this think outside of the box and none of these first lines are relevent in any way.

We Shall see

A Bell tolls, and with a cape and girdle were a part of 15, that may point to a calf on the head, and the others too.

Does it have anything to do with Seafaring? Tolling the bell when crossing the equator? Ritals to do with the above? I know people traditionally get a dunking when they first cross the line.



Yes, that'll do for now or else I'll be wasting a lot of time down t'wrong path!

Robyn in a way yes, its best to say a conection is there and as such +1 DGI I am in a good mood

eeep!

So, there's a *really* spurious connection somewhere in what I just said? Thanks for the DGI though, I needed that!

So, seafaring is a loose connection?

Depending on how loose seafaring is might the Cape be Good Hope or Horn? And the girdle a voyage round the world?

Ah! Rounding the cape to complete the girdle.

The calf on the head? Hm...

I know that a man with a seagull on his head is called Cliff, but a man with a calf on his head?

Ok Pebble +1DGI for finding the type of cape