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2013 Little Canada Canadian Days Medallion Hunt

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The 2013 Canadian Days Hunt Flyer.

Hunt Information
Dates
Scheduled Dates
Monday, July 29, 2013
Find Date
Saturday, August 3, 2013
Finders
Location
General Location
Gervais Mill Park
Pinpointed Location
Along the walking path

45.023963, -93.07895

Clues
Clue 1
Published Date
Sunday, July 28, 2013, 7:00 PM

Another medallion hunt now underway
And excited we are that you’re here today,
Buy one of our buttons so you don’t lose
Then steadfast and keenly watch these clues.

Our firefighters, we thank them for job so well done
And for helping us serve up a weekend of fun,
Saluting them all with our hand and our heart.
As courageously they rally, each doing their part.

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Clue 2
Published Date
Monday, July 29, 2013, 7:00 PM

A goose that lays a golden egg
A joy would be for those who beg,
Cryptic hints in these lines we’ve spun
To kindle our theme… Fire up for Fun!

We hide, you seek, so go the rules
If you have interest in our jewels,
Blacktop, asphalt, concrete, dirt
You must decide with which to flirt.

The official meaning of the clue.

The goose that laid the golden egg refers one to the Jack in the Beanstalk story; parts of the story are also cited by reference to a giant and a thief. The walking path changes from asphalt to dirt near the site.

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Clue 3
Published Date
Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 7:00 PM

One jack with Jill went up a hill
One jack on beanstalk went higher still,
One jack could never eat the fat
And little jack horner in a corner sat.

A child’s rhyme you did not know
‘ready passed botanic popcorn show,
Study those words and share the news
And for sure dig out your walking shoes.

The official meaning of the clue.

Of the four Jacks mentioned, only three are nursery rhymes. Jack in the Beanstalk is singled out - it’s a fairy tale, not a nursery rhyme. The “botanic popcorn show” refers to the flowers of the catalpa tree which look like popcorn. Our catalpa tree flowers have (al)’ready passed this year.

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Clue 4
Published Date
Wednesday, July 31, 2013, 7:00 PM

Daddy caught him on a hook
That fishy fishy in the brook,
But all the others got away
Living on as later prey.

10,000 lakes this land does hold
Sometimes warm and sometimes cold,
‘Course medallions know not how to swim
And did not care those brothers grimm

The official meaning of the clue.

The hiding place was along the walking path. The hiding place was on the edge of one of Minnesota’s “10,000 lakes”. The Grimm Brothers did not write Jack in the Beanstalk.

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Clue 5
Published Date
Thursday, August 1, 2013, 7:00 PM

You’ve heard it said Fee-fi-fo-fum,
I smell the blood of an Englishman,
Be he live, or be he dead
I'll grind his bones to make my bread.

But Bignoniaceae have you heard?
Some might think it a freakish word,
Though truth be told and in the end
Those thinkers think it now a friend.

The official meaning of the clue.

Fee-fi-fo-fum refers again to the fairy tale Jack in the Beanstalk and also points to “grinding”, what used to be done at the Grist Mill.

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Clue 6
Published Date
Friday, August 2, 2013, 7:00 PM

Follow the grist and follow the pod
Random encounters with foliage broad,
Jack pine, tamarack, catalpa, oak, and ash
A fine pulpy course where the end is the stash.

Dragons, lords, witches, ladies and kings
A giant of sorts, seeds availing their wings,
A village of good has a handful of thieves
And down a grand beanstalk he slides when he leaves.

The official meaning of the clue.

The seedpods of the catalpa tree have the appearance of green beans and have “wings” that help seeds disperse. They are commonly referred to as “bean trees” and have broad foliage, giant-size.

The final word refers one to look in the leaves of the tree.

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