Alphabet associations - I

[Anna]

What P might be indicated by a foreign flower, and is mainly remembered for a record breaking tintinnabulation, though another offering was perhaps more deserving of a big yawn?

A foreign flower made me think of a Poppy of course (does anyone know our wonderful yellow Welsh Poppies, gay as a daffodil and, I think, native) Then I thought Passiflora, and The Passion of course. But the record breaking tin-tin, well, was he a bit of a flower?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Or flow-er? The Peel River in New South Wales, f'rinstance.
A Peal of Bells could be tintinnabulation (the Peal Committee monitors Change-Ringing record attempts).


... and then I hit the brick wall at the end of yet another promising cul-de-sac!
I have to ap-peal.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Hold on! Passiflora, Anna? Bach? A (Musical?) "offering ... more deserving of a big yawn", such as the Goldberg Variations mythologized as written for a non-sleeper?

But then "P"?

CRASH!

[amateur51]

Hold on! Passiflora, Anna? Bach? A (Musical?) "offering ... more deserving of a big yawn", such as the Goldberg Variations mythologized as written for a non-sleeper?

But then "P"?

CRASH!

Please don't trype "P" in front of elderly gents - causes a disruption in the concentration, innit

[Don Petter]

Or flow-er? The Peel River in New South Wales, f'rinstance.
A Peal of Bells could be tintinnabulation (the Peal Committee monitors Change-Ringing record attempts).


... and then I hit the brick wall at the end of yet another promising cul-de-sac!
I have to ap-peal.

Great work, fhg! Correct general line of attack for two of the three (and pretty close on that second one, but forget the changes).

[Norfolk Born]

Anything to do with the River Po and Edgal Allan Poe's 'The Bells'?

[Don Petter]

Anything to do with the River Po and Edgal Allan Poe's 'The Bells'?

This thread seems to be getting hooked on bodily functions?

No - Good try for those two, but not the required connection. Not sure if it's time for a clue, but I'll just say for the moment that I'm a bit of a Francophile.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Great work, fhg! Correct general line of attack for two of the three (and pretty close on that second one, but forget the changes).

Okay (and with thanks to Norfy):
The River Po
Edgar Alan Poe
The Pot-Pourri (or Quodlibet) that ends the Goldberg Variations.


(Incidentally, coming back to your pyrotechnic fest, when I lived in East Sussex, I could never understand the hostility to "potpourri": surely how people decorate their bathrooms is their own business?)

EDIT:

Ah, checking the spelling of "potpourri" meant I missed your reply to Norfy, DP: the above all redundant, then?

[mercia]

I'm a bit of a Francophile

French bells - a carillon?
a French river beginning with P?
does "big yawn" mean a piece vaguely to do with sleep/sleeping?

[amateur51]

French bells - a carillon?
a French river beginning with P?

Good to have you back, mercia

Is your battery problem well-and-truly sorted?

[mercia]

Is your battery problem well-and-truly sorted?

jolly well hope so

[Don Petter]

Ah, checking the spelling of "potpourri" meant I missed your reply to Norfy, DP: the above all redundant, then?

'Fraid so, but all good cerebral exercise for a Sunday morning.

Further clues on demand. After a late rising, and a leisurely breakfast (yet to come, but I didn't get to bed until 5am) I'll be out for a couple of hours around lunchtime, then back in play.

[Don Petter]

French bells - a carillon?
a French river beginning with P?
does "big yawn" mean a piece vaguely to do with sleep/sleeping?

No.
Yes.
Yes.

Things are suddenly hotting up around here - perhaps I'm not the only one late up?

[mercia]

hotting up around here

a chaud cluette?

[Don Petter]

a chaud cluette?

No! It's difficult to say anything at this stage without people examining every word for a hidden meaning.