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Post by GeneticBlend on May 24, 2018 12:31:35 GMT -5
The first line of the poem is:
"On the isle of many mounts..."
Someone on another site posted that they thought this might be Manhattan. From wikipedia:
"The name Manhattan comes from the Munsi language of the Lenni Lenape meaning island of many hills."
I like this idea a lot.
Other ideas could be islands that have a lot of horses (mounts), such as Chincoteaque or Assateaque.
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Post by Jenny on May 24, 2018 13:20:56 GMT -5
I agree..... this line seems to point to Manhattan. Plus he is from around there. Seems likely.
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Post by regaine on May 30, 2018 15:21:13 GMT -5
He recently graduated from Columbia, so I agree also. I considered Mount Desert Island, though, because it is the only island on the East Coast that contains actual mountains (albeit small ones). Plus I've heard it's a good place to hide things. But Mount Desert Island has few monuments or statues and was not involved in the Revolutionary War, all things the later lines seem to suggest.
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Post by goldhunter on May 30, 2018 16:57:42 GMT -5
I think Mount Desert is worth looking into. He's no stranger to armchair hunts (The Secret) so maybe he went there on a Fandango hunt and left the ring.
Also, anyone serious about finding the ring might should read some of his blog stuff about "The Secret" and also some of his poems, etc. I read in his poems where he mentioned tendrils in conjunction with tree roots and also with ivy.
Also, I believe he said "The Statue of Liberty" was green and not gray.
Good luck.
His blogs about his solve for "The Secret" might bleed over into how he hid the ring.
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Post by GeneticBlend on May 30, 2018 18:25:50 GMT -5
Regaine, I believe the poem deals with the Civil War, not the Revolutionary War. But I am interested in your opinion if you would care to share.
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Post by regaine on May 31, 2018 14:49:37 GMT -5
I said Revolutionary War because of the references to royalty, which ceased to be relevant after 1781. Rebels could apply to either war, of course. What makes you think Civil War?
(If royalty is meant as a cultural reference, e.g. Duke Ellington is the King of Jazz, then we are hopeless. There are endless possibilities for cultural royalty - in Manhattan, at least.)
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Post by zupzel on May 31, 2018 16:00:44 GMT -5
Martin Luther King would fit both the rebel and royalty references too. A number of statues of him around and he is a Son. Maybe too simplistic.
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Post by GeneticBlend on Jun 1, 2018 20:37:46 GMT -5
Regaine, Yes, you are right...it could be the Revolutionary War as well. I guess I was just looking at the words, "rebel" and "grey" in the lines next to each other, and that had me thinking about the Civil War.
The word, "Son" bothers me. Being capitalized, I want to say it means Christ. But it could be the Sons of the Revolution, but if so, why singular? Also, Ben Franklin lived in NYC for a short while, and he worked on a newspaper called the "Sun". There is a statue of him in Manhattan.
Someone else posted on another thread that they recognized right away what the "faithful feather of three" was, and that they were looking for someone in NYC to go after the ring for them. The symbol for Wales is three feathers, but I couldn't seem to find anything related to NYC. If someone knew what it was right away, it must not be too difficult of a clue.
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Post by regaine on Jun 2, 2018 6:58:54 GMT -5
Yes, the symbol for Wales, or also another possible religious reference:
"In Christianity, feathers represented virtues. In fact, an image of three feathers were made into signet rings - each feather symbolizing Charity, hope, and faith. These rings were worn as a symbol of a virtuous soul - they were also used as wax seals. ... Feathers in dreams are a sign of hope, promise and peace".
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