Re: MEPBM FA riddle

From: Bak-Lor <baklor@erols.com>

Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000

jaede@acsu.buffalo.edu wrote:
>
> Dave Holt wrote:
> >
> > Anyone know the answer to this one:
> >
> >  One apart was I known.
> >    Of my deeds tales were sown.
> >      In olden days I often asked why
> >        but with sting and ring it became do or die.
>
> Hi David!  Remember 2950-22?

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!  I remember 22.  Hi guys.

>
> I've seen posts suggesting Frodo, Bilbo, and Samwise, all of whom match
> the last line.  One poster made the "gardener" connection to Sam based
> on the word "sown," but I think that's not as strong as the conections
> to Bilbo in the first three lines.
>
> Bilbo was known among hobbits as extremely odd ("One apart") when he
> returned from his journey.  He was the subject of "tales" both among
> hobbits and subsequently among all those affected by the War of the
> Rings.  He "often asked why" he had ever gone along with the Dwarves.

I agree with Mark.  The third line seems to indicate a nostalgic
perspective.  If memory servs, we never got that perspective from Frodo
or Samwise - just Bilbo.

Wes

References

MEPBM FA riddle
Dave Holt <holt@chromatic.com>
Wed, 16 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: MEPBM FA riddle
jaede@acsu.buffalo.edu
Wed, 23 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000