The D you're looking for unites Elizabeth Alexandra Mary and her father with a wand-stone-cloak combo
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"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Indeed, the queer old Dean (as Dr Spooner would have said) and her dadOriginally posted by amateur51 View PostThis is our own dear Queen and her papa, George VI I take it?
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Ah indeed, to hue is ermine, as the Highly Boble say!Originally posted by Caliban View PostIndeed, the queer old Dean (as Dr Spooner would have said) and her dad
Could the D be Sir George Dyson, possible tunesmith for both coronations?
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He wrote two coronation anthems, I seeOriginally posted by amateur51 View PostAh indeed, to hue is ermine, as the Highly Boble say!
Could the D be Sir George Dyson, possible tunesmith for both coronations?
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Indeed he did Name that tune!Originally posted by amateur51 View PostHe wrote two coronation anthems, I seeComment
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Nowhere near, I'm afraid - apart from the fact that you are looking for a surname starting with DOriginally posted by amateur51 View PostCould the D be Sir George Dyson, possible tunesmith for both coronations?
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Oh well I'm glad to have broken that part of the puzzle for the others, and without mentioning any bodily functions for the timorous amongst usOriginally posted by Caliban View PostNowhere near, I'm afraid - apart from the fact that you are looking for a surname starting with D
Is the wand-stone-cloak combo perhaps to do with the Sorcerer's Apprenctice by Dukas?
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That is highly relevant but nothing to do with Dukas... We are concerned with a wand of elder wood, a cloak of invisibility and the Resurrection Stone: together, these are known as what....?Originally posted by amateur51 View Post"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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I bet it's sunnink to do with Hairy Potter but I've only read the first one which had owls in it, innitOriginally posted by Caliban View Post
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Hairy Pooter: tickOriginally posted by amateur51 View PostI bet it's sunnink to do with Hairy Potter but I've only read the first one which had owls in it, innit Forget the books though
Professor Google is your friend...."...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Wand carried by the followers of Dionysus? No, of course not.Originally posted by Caliban View PostComment
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Originally posted by Anna View Post
'Fraid not....
Hope this puzzle isn't proving Deathly boring...
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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I'm going to have an early night because I've been sleeping later & later this past week and it would be nice to have a reasonably early start/full day tomorrow
Good luck Anna!
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The Resurrection Stone was one of the three Deathly Hallows, originally in the possession of Cadmus Peverell .....Originally posted by Caliban View Post
'Fraid not.... Hope this puzzle isn't proving Deathly boring... Oh what are you like Cali?
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