624-704), who used this and other information to write a detailed account of the Holy Places. When Adomnan then visited the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria, he took a copy of this text with him, and it formed the basis for Bede’s popular study of the Holy Places written probably around 702-3. From then on, descriptions of the site commonly figured in Ascension Day sermons as a means of engaging the imagination of the faithful. Joyce Hill QUIZ for May: Ditloid time ‘Rough winds do shake the darling buds of and summer’s lease hath all too short a date.’ So, wrote Shakespeare in his Sonnet XVIII. Like the buds, you also might be shaken by a further ditloid selection. The word ditloid is an anagram of ‘Lo, did it!’, an exclamation you may like to make when you have solved all fifty of them. Please write your answers on a separate sheet, adding your name and contact details. 1. 2001 A S O 14. 18 H on a G C 2. 6 S on a C 15. 1,000 Y in a M 3. 6 W of H the E 16. 20 N on a D B 4. 101 D 17. 3 S and Y O 5. 30 D H S A J and 18. 2 H on a C N 19. 6 P on a S T 6. 6 S on a H 20. 1 M B 7. 2 T D [and a P in 21. 3 H in a B B 22. 3 S M a D a P T] 23. 1 F O the C N 8. 21 G S 24. 29 D in F [in a L 9. 3 B M [S H T R] Y] 10. 88 K on a P 25. 26 L of the A 11. 57 H V 26. 1,001 A N 12. 200 P for P G in M 27. 50 W to L Y L 13. A P is W a 1,000 W
624-704), who used this and other information to write a detailed account of the Holy Places. When Adomnan then visited the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria, he took a copy of this text with him, and it formed the basis for Bede’s popular study of the Holy Places written probably around 702-3. From then on, descriptions of the site commonly figured in Ascension Day sermons as a means of engaging the imagination of the faithful. Joyce Hill QUIZ for May: Ditloid time ‘Rough winds do shake the darling buds of and summer’s lease hath all too short a date.’ So, wrote Shakespeare in his Sonnet XVIII. Like the buds, you also might be shaken by a further ditloid selection. The word ditloid is an anagram of ‘Lo, did it!’, an exclamation you may like to make when you have solved all fifty of them. Please write your answers on a separate sheet, adding your name and contact details. 1. 2001 A S O 2. 6 S on a C 3. 6 W of H the E 4. 101 D 5. 30 D H S A J and N 6. 6 S on a H 7. 2 T D [and a P in a P T] 8. 21 G S 9. 3 B M [S H T R] 10. 88 K on a P 11. 57 H V 12. 200 P for P G in M 13. A P is W a 1,000 W 14. 18 H on a G C 15. 1,000 Y in a M 16. 20 N on a D B 17. 3 S and Y O 18. 2 H on a C 19. 6 P on a S T 20. 1 M B 21. 3 H in a B B 22. 3 S M a D 23. 1 F O the C N 24. 29 D in F [in a L Y] 25. 26 L of the A 26. 1,001 A N 27. 50 W to L Y L