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Brig o’ Doon is a real place. No, not the disappearing town from the Broadway musical but the late medieval pedestrian bridge in Ayrshire, Scotland over the River Doon. It’s what Tam O’Shanter crosses to escape the witches, warlocks and demons chasing him in Robert Burns’ poem.
Rides slowly William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 6-19-18
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Boizux Namu
Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: He who rides slowly gets just as far, only it takes longer.
John Quigg
The infamous Vlad the Impaler had a half-brother named Vlad the Monk. Vlad the Monk was a nice guy. Nice Vlad eventually replaced Bad Vlad as Voivode of Wallachia and ruled well and long leaving the throne to his son.
Nice Vlad and Bad Vlad were both offspring of Vlad Dracul and either could have been called Dracula i.e. Son of Dracul.
Clear conscience William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 6-18-18
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Otms Vznll
Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: I thank God whom I serve with a clear conscience, as did my fathers, when I remember you constantly in my prayers.
2 Timothy
Wise remain silent William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 6-17-18
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2 Xmqsxlc
Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: The wise remain silent until the right moment, but a boasting fool misses the right moment.
Sirach
It still is possible to travel by cargo ship.
Comfort of the camp William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 6-16-18
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Vludfk
Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: The fire is the main comfort of the camp, whether in summer or winter, and is about as ample at one season as at another. It is as well for cheerfulness as for warmth and dryness.
Henry David Thoreau
The year 1744 might have been the biggest in music history. We still sing its songs. It was when Tommy Thumb’s Pretty Song Book was published. It included the first publications of Hickory Dickory Dock, Ladybird Ladybird, Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, and Sing a Song of Sixpence. It was also the year God Save The Queen was written and Charles Wesley published Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus.
American knight William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 6-15-18
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Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: Today the American knight holds the commercial supremacy of the world.
Betsy Ross
Gaston County, N.C. host the largest flying American flag. It is 65-feet tall and 114-feet wide and the flagpole is 225-feet tall.
It can be seen for 30 miles.
