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2008 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion

Submitted by KITCH on

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Clue #1 You've joined the hunt for the regal runt 
To prove searching does pay 
Don't dig a hole or knock down a pole 
And the golf course is out of play 

Last year Jake took home the cake 
With a clue a bit off level 
This year we'll rinse off all our prints 
Lest this hunt go to the devil 

Clue #2 The point of all this is so that you won't miss 
Your big chance to grab all the cash 
Now gather your guys and a gal who is wise 
You'll have to do something quite rash 

Clue #3 We've scanned the county to hide our bounty 
And keep you on your toes 
It may sound risible, but our puck's invisible 
Although it might just stick to your nose. 

Clue #4 How fun is the snow how far will we go 
You really ought to go see 
Get up for the mission and not just the wishin' 
Get into the game-it's all free 

Clue #5 There once was a clue that drove you-know-who 
To threaten a heinous act 
We'd use it again but we're afraid of his pen 
My friend, that's an unfortunate fact 

Clue #6 All ye who look should honor the book 
As one who stood for hope 
Much was built in the name of the kilt 
Look sharp now and never mope 

Clue #7 If you should go look high then low 
One could see it from a bower 
If it's your bent you might seek a tent 
To protect in case of shower 

Take note of the wood and do what you should 
To extract the prize for yourself 
Build a bridge to your dreams as high as they seem 
Leave nothing behind on the shelf 

Clue #8 Look at the buck to acquire good luck 
In finding the grail this year 
Link a jar,a line, a star lawyer divine 
While crying in your beer 

He won, then lost and the nation was tossed 
Into strife that was far from civil 
The point I'm making is yours for the taking 
Believe me - not the message board drivel 

Clue #9 This name brings tears, elation and cheers 
And occasionally even outrages 
It sits on walls and rides the halls 
And fills a dozen pages 

The hills are alive and you'll have arrived 
Refrain from the very injurious 
Be bold and be brave but your skin you must save 
What's off-limits should frankly be obvious 

Clue #10 Look for the sight you hope is just right 
You're doubtful and you're torn 
Make the rounds for what rhymes with grounds 
And part of a rose with a horn 

Through flames and flow this park where you'll go 
Is the site of sacred relics 
Stay away from these and the cliffs if you please 
Or you'll be in a heckuva fix 

Clue #11 Air and river sounds lead all to Mounds 
Far from the graves take your entourage 
Twixt Burns and Thorn, an icy pathway is born 
Across Mounds from a gray house and tan garage 

Hell no fury hath as those on the wrong path 
Mounds and Warner form a woodsy perimeter 
The path not official contains footprints beneficial 
Some 300 trudges in - quest for a quitter 

This trail you must follow goes down a narrow hollow 
Under a fallen tree to an old rusted drum 
From here you must search for a hillside path perch 
Wherein lies the center of fun

 

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brasscat

My first thought brought me to the song "The Sound of Music"

The hills are alive with the sound of Music....by Rodgers

and Hammerstien
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:19 PM Permalink
OT

I posted this after clue 7 but will again. "Leave nothing behind..." No child left behind. Childs Road is below IM.
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:20 PM Permalink
Tatergirl

I think yesterdays clue with tear in your beer is another reference to Ob's bar.
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:21 PM Permalink
Art Vandelay

It probably means that it is hidden on one of the hills at Mounds
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:21 PM Permalink
Terry

That certainly fits.
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:22 PM Permalink
Mad_Dach5und

Frank Street Skewers Phalen on both the north and south almost on-center with the lake. Since the other street references with Clue 2 refer to the north end of the lake, I'd probably search that shoreline first. There was a dozen or so Ice fishermen right off shore near Frank and Sophia today - surprised no one already got it (if its there)
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:22 PM Permalink
Terry

Frank does run into Mounds. (One block east of Earl)
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:25 PM Permalink
Inasuitcase

Skin? Indians scalped people right? Brave = Atlanta Braves
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:25 PM Permalink
Clue Master

I think it's on one of the mounds itself! I'm bringing every digging implement I have and hopping the fence! :smile:
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:25 PM Permalink
Tatergirl

I want to be skeptical here because this hunt has been "oh it's Phalen, then OMG it's highland, then it's Como, then Battle Creek, now all of sudden it's screaming Indian Mounds.

these are all huge parks so why aren't they getting us there sooner if it's a bigger park?
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:26 PM Permalink
OT

I think it's actually buried in the mound. I'm bringing my dozer.
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:26 PM Permalink
Mad_Dach5und

Mounds does seem to fit - but who is the wise gal? Dora? i don't get it
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:27 PM Permalink
Inasuitcase

But how do we fit the other clues to IM? I never thought they'd ever, EVER, hide a medallion there again. Perhaps, I will be surprised.
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:27 PM Permalink
OT

Marian the Librarian? The Marian Home is where the old Mounds Park Hospital used to be.
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:28 PM Permalink
40below

LOL@DORA! That's what my 3 year old would say :sillygrin:
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:28 PM Permalink
Inasuitcase

What sits on walls and rides the halls? The only thing I can think of is for the first part...Humpty Dumpty! lol
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:29 PM Permalink
KITCH

save your hide??
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:29 PM Permalink
Clue Master

BWAHHHHH!!!!
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:30 PM Permalink
Eags

your skin you must save? was Ed Gein ever in the twin cities?
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:30 PM Permalink
PilotsHatGuy

my thoguhts exactly. I'm thinking this out before running out to Mounds
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:31 PM Permalink
tom

Indian Mounds is at the TIP of battle creak.
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:31 PM Permalink
KITCH

hide = 120 acres...the lake at como is 120 acres
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:32 PM Permalink
Terry

OT!!! I thought the same thing when we were scouting out there yesterday. I had forgotten it though again.

Good noodle!
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:32 PM Permalink
Conrad

Hmmmmmmm

Saving your skin, from perhaps burns..

hmmmmmm
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:36 PM Permalink
Eags

Maria sang The Sound of Music. Isn't there a Maria street right around Mounds?
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:36 PM Permalink
OT

I spent a lot of time googling trying to find out who ran the Mounds Park Hospital. Was it perhaps the Masons? Anyone know?

And don't forget ol' Robbie Burns, the Scottish poet laureate.
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:36 PM Permalink
Tatergirl

Arrived.... Departures and Arrivals = Holman Field
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:36 PM Permalink
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FYI - Como Lake is 68.44 acres
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:36 PM Permalink
Conrad

..or perhaps the CW is merely acting as a "warner"..
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:37 PM Permalink
Terry

Was Mounds a baptist hospital? That's what comes to mind, but it's strickly from some obscure memory in my head that may not be connected to that hospital.
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:38 PM Permalink
Inasuitcase

What's the refrain from the song, "The Sound of Music"?

The hills are alive with the sound of music

With songs they have sung for a thousand years

The hills fill my heart with the sound of music

My heart wants to sing every song it hears

My heart wants to beat like the wings of the birds

that rise from the lake to the trees

My heart wants to sigh like a chime that flies

from a church on a breeze

To laugh like a brook when it trips and falls over

stones on its way

To sing through the night like a lark who is learning to pray

I go to the hills when my heart is lonely

I know I will hear what I've heard before

My heart will be blessed with the sound of music

And I'll sing once more
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:38 PM Permalink
40below

Wow... I was just looking over the other clues and I really can't link -much- to Mounds at all... some yes, but not much...

What's goin on this year? Phalen, Como, Highland, BC, Swede Hollow, Mounds...

Should we really be thinking -completely- out of St. Paul?

smacks upside the head

By this point in the game, we have to be getting specifics on the actual park, this CANT still be a wild goose chase... can it?

I'm going with Indian Mounds... see yall there in the morning
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:39 PM Permalink
Terry

Very good, Conrad!
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:39 PM Permalink
brasscat

Mary Martian?
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:39 PM Permalink
OT

Yes, Maria runs into Mounds
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:39 PM Permalink
OT

Ha! I always think of Riverview as the Baptist hospital. Maybe because of Riverview Baptist Church.
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:40 PM Permalink
brasscat

Mounds hospital in my memory was a scary hospital... I don't know why..

Did it have a big Pshyc Ward maybe???

Good Noodle Conrad
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:42 PM Permalink
Terry

Maria - that runs into E. 7th near Mounds Blvd, is pronounced differently.

Ma rye a

Short As. Long I.

But the spelling is the same.
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:43 PM Permalink
Eags

what sits on walls? humpty dumpty, therefore eggs. art. windows. cats. bricks and morter (masonry)

what rides down halls? wheelchairs? shriners? can't be mopeds - no moping.

what fills a dozen pages? I haven't a clue.

does anyone else get the meaning of this part of the clue, other than the whole thing be one of the potentially most politically uncorrect clues ever?
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:44 PM Permalink
Terry

I always loved that song - and it fits my favorite park so well. Thanks!
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:45 PM Permalink
40below

Lots of people at Mounds, maybe 50 my wife says...

About 20 people gathered around one car plotting their attack... Cooler Crew in full effect?

:grin:
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:46 PM Permalink
Inasuitcase

LOL I love that! No mopeds cause there's no moping! I must be getting tired...
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:47 PM Permalink
brasscat

people that have given their lives in the Military

So is there a wall called the Mound wall somewhere

Or what is the name of the wall in D.C.

It starts with an A?
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:48 PM Permalink
Clue Master

It sits on walls and rides the halls And fills a dozen pages.

Eggs? :eyeroll:
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:48 PM Permalink
brasscat

Mary Martian was the actress

Maria was the stage name

I just latched onto the wrong name
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:49 PM Permalink
PilotsHatGuy

a calender fills 12 pages.

Also is it occasional or occasionally?
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:49 PM Permalink
OT

I saw two other people out there this morning and I'm not even sure they were hunters. It's like rats following the Pied Piper.
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:50 PM Permalink
Inasuitcase

I anagramed "Rides the halls" and this is what I found, perhaps, it's our instructions...

Shared Hell Sit.

lol
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:51 PM Permalink
PilotsHatGuy

How do eggs ride the halls? I get the other two
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:51 PM Permalink
40below

Flowers? Green Donuts?
Sun, 01/27/2008 - 9:52 PM Permalink