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Originally Posted by Urwen
My bad. 'substance' means 'matter'...
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Aha! In that case,
METTARE, the last day of the year, which to the Dunedain fell on the same day as Hobbitish Yule.
So where are we at?
#1 Mettare, New Year's Eve
#2 ??? [Everlasting, circularly? Ah, you, they call back, for it.]
#3 Ringday, end of September
#4 Yestare, New Year's Day
#5 ??? [Gold. Used up, like bread. Jumbled closure. This appears.]
#6 Lithe, before and after Midsummer
#7 Enderi, the middle-days of the year
The theme of 'intercalary days' is still very strong - Ringday is the only potential exception, and in leap-years it was doubled and definitely intercalary.
So what other intercalary days are there in Middle-earth?
-1 and 2 Yule, the Yuledays (Shire)
-Overlithe and Mid-Year's Day, part of the Summerdays (Shire)
-Loende, another Mid-Year's Day (Gondor)
-Tuilérë and Yáviérë, approximately the equinoxes (Gondor)
-Potentially Durin's Day, or Dwarves' New Year
I think that's it? Potentially also
solstice and
equinox, since various festival-days fall on them. And I suppose
leap day as a generic term.
None of which looks very likely! Unless there's an acronym involved, both answers should be vowels, but there's... not really any in there other than Overlithe, and I can't fit it to either clue.
hS