| Author | Message | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1960 Registered: 12-2010 |
As a child I (yours truly Doriana kitteh) sometimes wanted to get married immediately. How come? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14975 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you know anything about the formalities of marriage? About what marriage meant? Is the wedding ceremony relevant? Is there a particular person you wanted to marry? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1961 Registered: 12-2010 |
Did you know anything about the formalities of marriage? no About what marriage meant? when I was three, my uncle got married, and my mum explained to me that two people get married "when they love each other and want to spend their lives together" - I probably didn't know much more than that Is the wedding ceremony relevant? yesish Is there a particular person you wanted to marry? no, good q | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 5171 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did you want to dress up? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1962 Registered: 12-2010 |
Did you want to dress up? no | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 5173 Registered: 12-2000 |
Was it something in the service itself? Hymns, prayers, exchange of vows, the ring, the flowers (did you want to throw a bouquet)? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1964 Registered: 12-2010 |
Was it something in the service itself? noish Hymns, prayers, exchange of vows, the ring, the flowers (did you want to throw a bouquet)? no to all | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1964 Registered: 2-2011 |
did you want to marry your cat? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1965 Registered: 12-2010 |
did you want to marry your cat? no | ||
| Jvp (Jvp)
New member Username: Jvp Post Number: 74 Registered: 9-2011 |
Anything to do with the honeymoon? The reception? Family or guests? Throwing rice? The cake? The champagne? Anything to do with the pastor/minister/priest/rabbi? Was it a childish notion of a way to 'stay' somewhere or keep someone from leaving? Did you want to BE married... Have a "Mrs." as part of your name? Something else to do with being "grown-up"? Could this puzzle be a scrund? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1970 Registered: 12-2010 |
Anything to do with the honeymoon? The reception? Family or guests? Throwing rice? The cake? The champagne? no to all Anything to do with the pastor/minister/priest/rabbi? no Was it a childish notion of a way to 'stay' somewhere or keep someone from leaving? good idea, but no Did you want to BE married... Have a "Mrs." as part of your name? Something else to do with being "grown-up"? no - getting married was more important than being married Could this puzzle be a scrund? not exactly a scrund, but some kind of misconception is relevant | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 5183 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did it matter who you married? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1967 Registered: 2-2011 |
did you want to marry a doll or anything else not human? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1972 Registered: 12-2010 |
Did it matter who you married? no did you want to marry a doll or anything else not human? no, or let's rather say "irrelevant". Which leads to a BLOOOOPER - "did you want to marry your cat?" should be "irrelevant" too | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 5186 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did you want lots of gifts? | ||
| Jvp (Jvp)
New member Username: Jvp Post Number: 78 Registered: 9-2011 |
Does it have to do with it being the bride's "special day"? Being the center of attention? Having a "court" of attendants? The situations when you wanted this... did they all have something else in common? Were you at home? With certain family members? Playing a certain game? Was it at a certain time of day? A certain season? Did you express the idea to anyone? Relevant who? Were they amused? Confused? Did they clarify your misconception? Did they realize you had a misconception? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1974 Registered: 12-2010 |
Did you want lots of gifts? no - I was "lucky" enough to be an only child with no cousins, I always got lots of gifts for my birthday and for Christmas (; Does it have to do with it being the bride's "special day"? Being the center of attention? Having a "court" of attendants? no to all The situations when you wanted this... did they all have something else in common? yes! - explore Were you at home? not necessarily With certain family members? yes! - my grandma Playing a certain game? no Was it at a certain time of day? no A certain season? no Did you express the idea to anyone? maybe, irrel Relevant who? if I did, it was to my grandma Were they amused? Confused? Did they clarify your misconception? Did they realize you had a misconception? I don't exactly remember if I ever expressed it to my grandma so that I don't know how she reacted to it. But she probably realised that I had a misconception | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 5190 Registered: 12-2000 |
Was this the same grandma married to your dear grandpa in the photo? Relevant? Anything to do with photos being taken? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1976 Registered: 12-2010 |
Was this the same grandma married to your dear grandpa in the photo? yep Relevant? no - I was thinking about posting this puzzle for a couple of days, and today seemed like a good albeit sad occassion. Anything to do with photos being taken? no | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 5194 Registered: 12-2000 |
Was it an excuse to call up all your friends? (I remember when my teddy and my brother's teddy got married) | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1977 Registered: 12-2010 |
Was it an excuse to call up all your friends? (I remember when my teddy and my brother's teddy got married) hehe, no | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1970 Registered: 2-2011 |
is it the anniversary of your grandma's death? if so, I'm so sorry. but what better way to commemorate her than a puzzle? did you want to get married to bring everyone together? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 301 Registered: 7-2011 |
Did you want to have a baby? | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 231 Registered: 8-2011 |
My condolences on the death of your grandfather. I loved the picture. You both have such wonderful smiles. Did your grandmother tell you that something would happen when you got married? That you would get something? Did you want to get out of going to school? ;) Some other task? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1978 Registered: 12-2010 |
did you want to get married to bring everyone together? no Did you want to have a baby? no Did your grandmother tell you that something would happen when you got married? YES That you would get something? no, explore Did you want to get out of going to school? ;) Some other task? no to these | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14999 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did she tell you that life would be happier? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 303 Registered: 7-2011 |
Did she tell you that when you were married you could do something, like e.g. having seconds of dessert, or along those lines, that you were forbidden to do? | ||
| Jvp (Jvp)
New member Username: Jvp Post Number: 94 Registered: 9-2011 |
that you would be like her, or be able to be like her, in some way? (i keep reminding myself it's about getting married, not being married.... Tough one!) ride in a limo? a carriage? dance on a dance floor? with a band? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1979 Registered: 12-2010 |
Did she tell you that life would be happier? no, or maybe noish Did she tell you that when you were married you could do something, like e.g. having seconds of dessert, or along those lines, that you were forbidden to do? no that you would be like her, or be able to be like her, in some way? no (i keep reminding myself it's about getting married, not being married.... Tough one!) ride in a limo? a carriage? no dance on a dance floor? with a band? no HINT: "Tell" me something is maybe not the best word to describe what my grandma did. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15005 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did she tell you anything? Did she show you something? Her wedding photos? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1981 Registered: 12-2010 |
Did she tell you anything? well... she said something, or maybe "say" isn't the best word either Did she show you something? no Her wedding photos? no | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1986 Registered: 2-2011 |
did she sing something? did she laugh? smile? pray? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1982 Registered: 12-2010 |
did she sing something? yes did she laugh? smile? pray? no or irrel | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1989 Registered: 2-2011 |
did she sing a hymn? a wedding song? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1983 Registered: 12-2010 |
did she sing a hymn? a wedding song? no to both - explore the situation in which she used to sing it | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1992 Registered: 2-2011 |
was it a lullaby? was it a song she sang at weddings? did she sing it to an audience? a congregation? just to you? did she sing it to you to cheer you up? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1993 Registered: 2-2011 |
did you want to get married immediately every time you heard the song? did you think if you didn't get married something bad would happen to you? like being stolen by gypsies? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1984 Registered: 12-2010 |
was it a lullaby? no, but close was it a song she sang at weddings? no did she sing it to an audience? a congregation? just to you? just to me, got question did she sing it to you to cheer you up? yesish, in a certain situation did you want to get married immediately every time you heard the song? I think so did you think if you didn't get married something bad would happen to you? like being stolen by gypsies? good idea, but no | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1985 Registered: 12-2010 |
* "got question" should of course be "good question". | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15019 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did she sing it to get you to sleep? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1986 Registered: 12-2010 |
Did she sing it to get you to sleep? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15022 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was it a children's song? A nursery rhyme? Did someone get married in the song? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1987 Registered: 12-2010 |
Was it a children's song? A nursery rhyme? this Did someone get married in the song? yope, explore | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 5207 Registered: 12-2000 |
Was it someone who didn't get married because she dilly dallied? Or she missed out on being married forever because of something? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1994 Registered: 2-2011 |
was it about someone who got married and was very happy? someone who didn't get married and was unhappy? was it about animals who got married? the frog who went a-courting? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1988 Registered: 12-2010 |
Was it someone who didn't get married because she dilly dallied? no, FA Or she missed out on being married forever because of something? no, FA was it about someone who got married and was very happy? no, FA someone who didn't get married and was unhappy? no, FA was it about animals who got married? the frog who went a-courting? no to these | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1998 Registered: 2-2011 |
was there nothing in the song about getting married? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15030 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did your grandma add lyrics about marriage? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1990 Registered: 12-2010 |
was there nothing in the song about getting married? no, there was something about it in the song Did your grandma add lyrics about marriage? no The FA is about who's getting married in the song | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1999 Registered: 2-2011 |
was it about you getting married? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1992 Registered: 12-2010 |
was it about you getting married? yep! You still have to explore the exact situation in which she'd sing the song | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15045 Registered: 4-2010 |
Would she sing it at a certain occasion? A special occasion? For a holiday? For your birthday? For someone's birthday? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4878 Registered: 5-2003 |
Would she sing it to get your attention? As a reward? An incentive? Did it actually have your name in it? Did she mean it to refer to you? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1994 Registered: 12-2010 |
Would she sing it at a certain occasion? DOYD of occasion A special occasion? For a holiday? For your birthday? For someone's birthday? no to these Would she sing it to get your attention? no As a reward? no An incentive? no Did it actually have your name in it? no Did she mean it to refer to you? yes Keep in mind I said "yesish" to "Did she sing it to cheer you up", this might be helpful | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2006 Registered: 2-2011 |
did she sing it to you when something in particular had happened to you? something bad? when other kids were mean to you? when you failed a test? when you were sick? when your parents had gone away? when you had to take medecine? when you had to do something you didn't like doing? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1995 Registered: 12-2010 |
did she sing it to you when something in particular had happened to you? yes something bad? yes when other kids were mean to you? no when you failed a test? no when you were sick? YES, and something else when your parents had gone away? when you had to take medecine? when you had to do something you didn't like doing? no to these | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15050 Registered: 4-2010 |
When you had to stay in bed sick? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1996 Registered: 12-2010 |
When you had to stay in bed sick? sometimes, but I had a different "something else" in mind You're really close, so here's a RECAP to help you put the parts together - As a child, I sometimes wanted to get married immediately because of the lyrics of a certain nursery rhyme. My grandma used to sing it to me when I was sick or ____. It says something about "my" wedding, although I doesn't mention my name. Now what's the connection between my wedding and the situation? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2012 Registered: 2-2011 |
when you were sick and had to go to hospital? had to miss school? missed your friends? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1721 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did the song imply that by getting married you will lose all the sorrow? That you will be queen, or something along those lines? Is it relevant the day when you'd be potentially married? The season? That on a wedding day the bride is the most important "guest" at the party? Being sick -- as in having a bodily harm? Or as in being disappointed or in a bad state of mind? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1997 Registered: 12-2010 |
when you were sick and had to go to hospital? had to miss school? missed your friends? probably in all of these situations Did the song imply that by getting married you will lose all the sorrow? this That you will be queen, or something along those lines? Is it relevant the day when you'd be potentially married? The season? That on a wedding day the bride is the most important "guest" at the party? no to rest Being sick -- as in having a bodily harm? this Or as in being disappointed or in a bad state of mind? Rbruma's suggestions are close enough for me to declare a ********SPOILER******** When I had hurt myself (that's what I was looking for) or when I was sick, my grandma used to sing the following nursery rhyme Heile, heile Gänschen das Kätzchen hat ein Schwänzchen Heile, heile Mausespeck bis zur Hochzeit ist alles weg. which loosely translates as Get well, get well gosling the kitty has a little tail Get well, get well marshmallow until your wedding it'll all be gone. So of course I wanted to get married on the spot because I didn't want to live with my flu/bleeding knee/toothache for another 20 years! Thanks for playing, great work! I'm about to post a new puzzle, make sure to have a look at it (:} | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1724 Registered: 9-2009 |
Nice puzzle Doriana. The same saying is also in Romanian (bis zur Hochzeit ist alles weg) yet I failed to get the right connection. But I still hate those moments when these words were being the heal-all remedy for all my problems, in childhood :-) | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4461 Registered: 9-2010 |
Apparently this doesn't appear in English (or at least, not in my region of America) so no wonder I was confused. *cuddles Doriana kitteh* But see, she agreed you were a kitteh! and a gosling. hmm. =) iz nice puzzel! |
