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Eruanna · 02-05-2005, 05:59 PM

If I recall correctly, Tolkien had a scholarship to Exeter College Oxford, to study Greats (Latin and Greek).

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 02-07-2005, 05:33 PM

It was a Classics Exhibition, but that's close enough. Carry on.

Eruanna · 02-08-2005, 01:59 PM

Thank you, Squatter.
This is a very interesting thread!

Next question:
Mabel Tolkien and her two young sons returned to England from South Africa in 1895. What was the name of the ship they travelled in?

Sophia the Thunder Mistress · 02-08-2005, 03:02 PM

The SS Guelph, I believe.

Eruanna · 02-08-2005, 06:28 PM

You are correct in your belief, Sophia

Estelyn Telcontar · 02-13-2005, 09:24 AM

*Esty pokes Sophia

Sophia the Thunder Mistress · 02-13-2005, 03:27 PM

My apologies.

What was one of the two Catholic churces on Woodstock Road sometimes attended by the Tolkiens?

02-05-2005, 05:59 PM	#1
Eruanna Memento Mori Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Past The Point Of No Return Posts: 1,117	If I recall correctly, Tolkien had a scholarship to Exeter College Oxford, to study Greats (Latin and Greek). __________________ "Remember, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies."

02-07-2005, 05:33 PM	#2
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	It was a Classics Exhibition, but that's close enough. Carry on. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

02-08-2005, 01:59 PM	#3
Eruanna Memento Mori Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Past The Point Of No Return Posts: 1,117	Thank you, Squatter. This is a very interesting thread! Next question: Mabel Tolkien and her two young sons returned to England from South Africa in 1895. What was the name of the ship they travelled in? __________________ "Remember, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies."

02-08-2005, 03:02 PM	#4
Sophia the Thunder Mistress Scent of Simbelmynë Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Aboard Highwind, bound for Traverse Town Posts: 1,780	How might one pronounce that? The SS Guelph, I believe. __________________ The seasons fall like silver swords, the years rush ever onward; and soon I sail, to leave this world, these lands where I have wander'd. O Elbereth! O Queen who dwells beyond the Western Seas, spare me yet a little time 'ere white ships come for me!

02-08-2005, 06:28 PM	#5
Eruanna Memento Mori Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Past The Point Of No Return Posts: 1,117	You are correct in your belief, Sophia __________________ "Remember, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies."

02-13-2005, 09:24 AM	#6
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Esty pokes Sophia* __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

02-13-2005, 03:27 PM	#7
Sophia the Thunder Mistress Scent of Simbelmynë Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Aboard Highwind, bound for Traverse Town Posts: 1,780	Goodness! I've forgotten more threads than I've remembered My apologies. What was one of the two Catholic churces on Woodstock Road sometimes attended by the Tolkiens? __________________ The seasons fall like silver swords, the years rush ever onward; and soon I sail, to leave this world, these lands where I have wander'd. O Elbereth! O Queen who dwells beyond the Western Seas, spare me yet a little time 'ere white ships come for me!