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Presumably you want to use something that there is a large amount of as well, otherwise you'd quickly run out of the midget's resource and have to find another gentleman to supply your needs.

And since the hair colour would seem to be important, is some (or a) hair the required item?


Geggs

does the recipe say you sprinkle the basilisk ashes on the ginger midget?

If tghe recipe calls for hair, does it matter what part of the midgets anatomy we get the hair from?

"A lock of ginger hair"


Saw that one coming.

The recipe so far is this.

Take some Red Copper (as starting base) then add ashes of basilisk, ____ taken from a red haired man and some _____ to produce _____ gold.

Ah well, I'm not entirely surprised.

As a tangential connection I have heard it suggested (though evidence is scant, for obvious reasons) that both Judas Iscariot and the biblical King David were ginger.


Geggs

Is it a part of the ginger midget's body that we are looking for, or some substance produced by his body, or something that he is likely to have secreted about his person?


Geggs

one point of clarification- geggs mentioned hair before I did so is that klaxon his?

clive sure hasn't been answering my questions lately. I hope you answer that one.

lets try aa recipe:
Take some Red Copper then add ashes of basilisk, dandruff taken from a red haired man and some pinot noir seeds to produce red gold.

I'm assuming that klaxon was for me, Shagbark. I'm sure you don't need to worry.


Geggs

Yes, the klaxon was Geggs. Sorry should've made that clear.

Is it:


1.) Is it a part of the ginger midget's body


2.) some substance produced by his body,


3.) something that he is likely to have secreted about his person?



You could say it's all three! But let's throw out 3.) and say closer to 2.) but also 1.)

Not dandruff (any thoughts as to why?)

Okay. If it could count as all three then I'm going to guess at (and probably receive a klaxon for) the ginger midget's blood.


Geggs

blood is correct.

So we have:

Take some Red Copper (as starting base) then add ashes of
basilisk, blood taken from a red haired man and some _____ to
produce _____ gold.

I mentioned Solomon's gold a few posts back, but got no response. I had a reason for saying that though. I understand that (around the 17th century at least) alchemists believed that the gold that the biblical King Solomon (son of the aforementioned David) had was a better quality gold than any other. Quite why, I'm not entirely sure.

Admittedly the alchemists were quite obsessed with mercury too. No idea why.


Geggs

getting back to our Monk post 41 said
Well opinion on the matter is divided. Some say the author of the text and Roger of Helmarshausen - that's the location in Germany - (and both Benedictine monks) - are one an the same!
post 5 said
I have need of a derivative of grape for this question and as far as I can figure it the monk lived in territory - which is now - in Belgium, and later he travels to Germany, so I played a little bit fast and loose with the known facts but since he describes using this stuff I am presuming somebody somewhere had a field of grapes to donate.
post 168 repeated my statement'I have no idea why a ginger midget or a vineyard in Belgium are involved' and asked What could you take from each? So from the Ginger Midget you take blood and from the Monk something that requires a field of grapes, aqnd is not the obvious answer.

Perhaps 'Roger' gives the recipe grape leaves?

Not Solomon's Gold (Sorry I thought I'd replied to that. Mea Culpa)

Have a DGI +1 for quality of Gold.