Anybody???? Need a clue. It is in HoME.

Anyone? I know someone here can find this one!

That's Eriol chanting about his journey to Lonelt Isle:

and so on

Finnaly!!! YEAH!!!! Your turn.

well, due to the law of undulation, next one will be easy :

Is it what the Elves of Rivendell sang to BIlbo on his quest? There were singing outside of his window.

THis one will be easy:

Yeah, this one is very easy. I resisted answering for a day to let the newbies have a chance to play. But...

It was Pippin singing one of Bilbo's favourite bath-songs at the house in Crickhollow. Funny how fears of Black Riders disappear when you're splashing in the tub. "Rubber Ducky, you're the one..." [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

[ March 22, 2002: Message edited by: Lostgaeriel ]

Good job! Got anything up your sleeve??

Yeah, I hope this counts as an incantation, song or verse - it's a riddle I guess. Not too hard.

[ March 22, 2002: Message edited by: Lostgaeriel ]

THe Ents!! (Treebeard is one of my favorite ME dwellers)

Okay, who sang about who?

An Elven-maid there was of old,
A shining star by day:
Her mantle white was hemmed with gold,
Her shoes of silver-grey.

Great alaklondewen! That was the easy part. But who said it (and to whom, and where and when)? The original thread, "encantations... ?" required "who + all the circumstances".

[ March 22, 2002: Message edited by: Lostgaeriel ]

Hi again alaklondewen! While I'm waiting for you to answer mine, I'll answer yours! That's Legolas singing the "song of the maiden Nimrodel, who bore the same name as the stream beside which she lived long ago. ... It is long and sad, for it tells how sorrow came upon Lothlórien, Lórien of the Blossom, when the Dwarves awakened evil in the mountains."

Please accept my apologies, Lostgaeriel! Gandalf said . He said it to King Theoden, I believe, after Helm's Deep, when the enemy was driven into the "army of trees". King Theoden thought it was some kind of "magic" of Gandalf's.

Is all of that right?

Exactly right! I knew you knew it. That scene reminds me of "The Scottish Play". A walking forest "magically" appearing at a fortress to fight the enemy.

Did I get yours right?

[ March 22, 2002: Message edited by: Lostgaeriel ]

You answered with perfection. I'm not familiar with "The Scottish Play" (is this something that is just going over my head), but I would love to know about other "magical" trees.

I also would like another verse, if you have any.

Oh, you know "The Scottish Play". It's by Shakespeare. M-a-c-b-e-t-h. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] I don't want to say it out loud in case there's an actor reading this! It's bad luck for actors to say or hear the name of the play. [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]

OK. Here's another encantation. Who said it is easy. Where and/or when?

The difficult part of this game is finding one that hasn't already been used.

[ March 22, 2002: Message edited by: Lostgaeriel ]

I do believe it was Gollum's 'feetses' that were cooled by the Marshes, as he lead Frodo and Sam toward Morder.

Give me a minute and I have another for you.

I'm sure this one will be a piece of cake for you, but here it goes:

Woooo! That sounds a little like "Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble." Weird.

That's from The Hobbit, Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire. (Geesh, I've read it only once, almost 30 years ago. I don't remember the story very well. I have to find the italicized bits of verse and read the context before and after!) That's the goblins singing to Gandalf (and Bilbo and the Dwarves) as they sit in the trees where they had gone to escape the wolves/wargs, while the goblins start fires at the base of the trees.

From The Hobbit, the goblins and wargs dancing around trees they had set fire to. Where Bilbo, Thorin & Co., and Gandalf were hiding.

And i needed something easy to break me back in =)

Please excuse me, Lostgaeriel posted while i was writing my own post.

Forgive me this.

Please give this one to Avyniea. She's a newbie and it was a tie - same time 11:25. Besides, I don't think I have the energy to look up another quote, let alone type it.

Great job! both of you. I must return for the evening to my melorn tree. I hope to pick up tomorrow.

Thanks for entertaining me Lostgaeriel.

That is very kind of you Lostgaeriel, but i am not new here. I quoted here alot a year ago under the nick 'as eowyn'. Please take it if you want it.

It's all very nice how you people managed to go on :)

Yet, alaklondewen, a bit of technical stuff: one answering usually waits for a confirmation of his right answer to continue.

HerenIstarion, forgive me, I'm still new to all this. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

I was not angry at all :), just a note on rules. Go on with the new one and welcome to the BD

Thank you very much!

Hey! I know this one! It's from "In the House of Tom Bombadil" and he sings it Merry, Pippin, Frodo, and Sam as they are about to go to sleep in his house. Frodo asked, "Did you hear me calling... or was it just chance that brought you at that moment?" and Tom tells him that he was only over there because he had an errand there.

You are right! Welcome to the 'Downs! Enjoy your time here, and post often! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Okay, your turn. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Okay, here's your next encantation:

Good luck! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

That was a few staves of the Rohirrim song composed after the great events of the Lord of the Rings but included in the chapter "The Muster of Rohan".

[ April 15, 2002: Message edited by: Mat_Heathertoes ]

Very nice - I thought it wouldn't fool all of you LOTR-obsessed-people! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Your go!

My own little diddy from my own mind.

The third age
was ruled by men
A time when battles
were fought ten by ten.

The fight was long
the good prevailed
when they returned
as hero's they were hailed

But was that battle
so pure and right
did they have to
go and fight?

Was their leader
courageous and strong
or did lead his men
to fight in the wrong.

this is the question
we all must ask
to know what to do when
we are called for the task

should we trust
or should we choose
is this a battle
we can afford to lose

are we right
or just crazy foes
could we see
where the battle goes

From my point of
a hobbit here
the problem is
coming very near

We need to worry
are we next
is this world
permanently hexed

we must fight back
we must defend
we must attack
from around the bend

it may be time
to use action
we are not just a
small faction

there are many
of us
we can stand
we must fuss

time to live
time to die
time for us
to show them why

why we must stand
up for ourselves
it'll be us
and the elves

Men and their kind
ruin this place
this is my time
to make our case

I leave you now
to sit and think
nudge, nudge
wink, wink

[img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Mat? Hello?

OK, if he doesn't answer, it has been over a week, and I would like to continue. Does anyone care?

Sorry, about that ... here's one ...

that must be Sauron competeng with Felagund

Indeed it is. Please go on.

well, not so hard, yet one of my favorite poems:
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That is Boromir's Death Song, from The Two Towers chapter "The Departure of Boromir." It was sung by Aragorn and Legalos. Also called "The Lament of the Winds."

[ June 13, 2002: Message edited by: Joy ]