2-1: Mary had a Little Lipogram

[Judge Sam]

In this challenge I have cut up a poem into pieces and placed them in your confessional. Take the pieces from your confessional and share them here. There are no instructions other than the poem.


Here is the first part of the poem. It is only for reference. It is not used directly in solving the puzzle.


mary had a little lamb,
its fleece was white as snow
and everywhere that mary went
the lamb was sure to go;
he followed her to school one day
that was against the rule
it made the children laugh and play
to see a lamb in school

[Broderick]

mary had a little lamb
with fleece a pale white hue
and everywhere that mary went
the lamb kept her in view
to academe he went with her
illegal and quite rare
it made the children laugh and play
to view a lamb in there

[Jasmine]

mary had a little lamb
with fleece a pale white hue
and everywhere that mary went
the lamb kept her in view
to academe he went with her
illegal and quite rare
it made the children laugh and play
to view a lamb in there

[Owen]

mary had a pygmy lamb
his fleece was pale as snow
and every place where mary walked
her lamb did also go
he came inside her classroom once
which broke a rigid rule
how children all did laugh and play
on seeing a lamb in school

[Stephanie]

mary had a pygmy lamb
his fleece was pale as snow
and every place where mary walked
her lamb did also go
he came inside her classroom once
which broke a rigid rule
how children all did laugh and play
on seeing a lamb in school

[Kiara]

mary owned a little lamb
its fleece was pale as snow
and every place its mistress went
it certainly would go
it followed mary to class one day
it broke a rigid law
it made some students giggle aloud
a lamb in class all saw

[Tina]

mary had a tiny lamb
its wool was pallid as snow
and any spot that mary did walk
this lamb would always go
this lamb did follow mary to school
although against a law
how girls and boys did laugh and play
that lamb in class all saw

[Zedekiah]

mary owned a little lamb
its fleece was pale as snow
and every place its mistress went
it certainly would go
it followed mary to class one day
it broke a rigid law
it made some students giggle aloud
a lamb in class all saw

[Broderick]

mary had a little lamb
with fleece a pale white hue
and everywhere that mary went
the lamb kept her in view
to academe he went with her
illegal and quite rare
it made the children laugh and play
to view a lamb in there

mary had a pygmy lamb
his fleece was pale as snow
and every place where mary walked
her lamb did also go
he came inside her classroom once
which broke a rigid rule
how children all did laugh and play
on seeing a lamb in school

mary owned a little lamb
its fleece was pale as snow
and every place its mistress went
it certainly would go
it followed mary to class one day
it broke a rigid law
it made some students giggle aloud
a lamb in class all saw

mary had a tiny lamb
its wool was pallid as snow
and any spot that mary did walk
this lamb would always go
this lamb did follow mary to school
although against a law
how girls and boys did laugh and play
that lamb in class all saw

[Themba]

mary had a tiny lamb
its wool was pallid as snow
and any spot that mary did walk
this lamb would always go
this lamb did follow mary to school
although against a law
how girls and boys did laugh and play
that lamb in class all saw

[Isaac]

mary had a little lamb
with fleece a pale white hue
and everywhere that mary went
the lamb kept her in view
to academe he went with her
illegal and quite rare
it made the children laugh and play
to view a lamb in there

[Broderick]

HASTE is the password/answer for the first board.

[Broderick]

all lower case btw

[Broderick]

1 - lightning?
2 - lemur
3 -
4 - witch?
5 -
6 - Dubia
7 - Xanadu?
8 - aphrodite
9 - terra or siphonia
10 - continent 3

[Lilith]

mary owned a little lamb
its fleece was pale as snow
and every place its mistress went
it certainly would go
it followed mary to class one day
it broke a rigid law
it made some students giggle aloud
a lamb in class all saw

[Broderick]

1) lighning - l
2) lemur - l
3) striaght queer fairy - s
4) witch?
5)
6) Dubia
7) Xanadu?
8) aphrodite
9) terra or siphonia
10) the steamy north - t

[Dane]

polly owned one little sheep
its fleece shone white like snow
every region where polly went
the sheep did surely go
he followed her to school one time
which broke the rigid rule
the children frolicked in their room
to see the sheep in school

[Lawrence]

polly owned one little sheep
its fleece shone white like snow
every region where polly went
the sheep did surely go
he followed her to school one time
which broke the rigid rule
the children frolicked in their room
to see the sheep in school

Repeat pf Dane's, it seems.

Out of curiosity, Broderick--how'd you get that answer, and does it have to do with the poems?

[Kiara]

for those who dont know, the poems are lipograms. each one is written without ever using a common letter. for example, lawrence, yours never uses the letter a. unscrambling the unused letter from each poem spells haste.

[Tina]

Jun 29, 2010 15:04:15 GMT -6 Lawrence said:

Out of curiosity, Broderick--how'd you get that answer, and does it have to do with the poems?

It is called a "lipogram" which means that it is written without the use of a certain letter. The opening poem only proved that j, x and z were not present in any poems. One of each of the others was made so h, a, s, t, or e never appeared. "haste" was the unscrambled solution. One we realized this was a lipogram it got easy.

[Lawrence]

1) lighning - l
2) lemur - l
3) striaght queer fairy - s
4) witch?
5) Nazca Seas - n
6) Dubia
7) Xanadu?
8) aphrodite
9) terra or siphonia
10) the steamy north - t

Found #5. Though I went through every letter for #4 and didn't get in.

[Kiara]

lol lawrence, we finished that one too. you can stop now.

[Lawrence]

Of course you did. I tried, though.

[Broderick]

The solution for the second board was : lgswndxats

1) Lightning
2) Gliderwolves
3) Straight Queer Fairy
4) Witch
5) Nazca Seas
6) Dubia
7) Xanadu
8) Aphrodite
9) Terra
10) Steamy North

[Judge Sam]

8 was actually Asteria, 9 was Tharn, and 10 was Southeast of Continent 2 haha. still worked though!

[Broderick]

lol. That is funny.

[Kiara]

lulz