Puzzle Picture Number 9

[Ann]

1. Oh God! is this their death to die?-
2. These people, out on holiday!
3. "Children and women first!" they cry,
4. "Lower all boats immediately!"
5. What orderly dexterity!
6. "Her ladies" Mary Rogers brought,
7. According each her blest support;
8. Handing life-belts, fixing on;
9. The last was for herself to don.

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10. Into the boats they quickly hied,
11. When lo! one lady she espied
12. Without a belt. Off went her own,
13. Which round the other one was thrown,
14. Who in the crowded boat was placed,
15. While Mary her own steps retraced.
[To be concluded.]

[Cathrin]

OK, for once I think I will try to be brave an have a stab at it first (and get it wrong LOL)

1.Oh God I (s thistle =)stella ........
2. These people out holiday
5. What orderly .....
10. To the Lifeboats they quickly hid?
12. Without a belt

ok that is sooo bad, in the penultimate line that is either a crow, jackdaw or raven. the reptile is obviously a snake, but it is a cobra
In the last line is the last word traced or raced?

[Ann]

Good start Cathrin.

I think line 2 is "out on" as the "out" is on top of the "hol" I also have a feeling that line 10 starts "Into" as the o appears to be inside the t. But I could be wrong on that one.

I had an extended look at it after I removed the page from the scanner and I think the bird is a crow and the snake is an asp.

What I'm really struggling with is the plant in line 7.

[Cathrin]

I think it looks like a nettle the ones with the little white flowers (I think its called dead nettle) or it could be the purple one ( which if I get stung by I react very badly to)

If not one of theose how about mint?
They are all the same family btw.

The snake is hooded, that useally means cobra, I have never heard of a hooded asp, but I will check that out.

Woops, Asp is an eygyptian name for a cobra (blush) I should have know that one ... dumb

[Cathrin]

OK i'm going to dubble post.

what are the lacy things people use to put on chair backs to stop greasy hair? Anti-macasters?
and that is definatly some kind of thistle but if the l=h that makes it 'this the'

This third day

[Ann]

I thought it was dead nettle too, either that or bugloss, but assuming the "-t" and the "-s" refer to it, it needs to be a word with an "s" and a "t" in it so you can remove them. That's what's throwing me.

As far as line 14 goes, I'd look for a word that rhymes with raced. Especially since I can't spell antimathingumy!

[Cathrin]

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As far as line 14 goes, I'd look for a word that rhymes with raced. Especially since I can't spell antimathingumy!

Well thats easy 'lace d' so with the W and asp

'was placed' ?

Line 6. Her idle ? ideal? (as in idealic)
I'm thinking to hard I had better stop for tonight and help Mark by making a de-caff coffee

[Ann]

Yes, what is that thing in line 6? It looks like a bowl or a basin of some sort with a thing sticking out of it.

I'm off to bed now too!

[PAWS]

3. "Women and children first" the cries

13. Round which the . . was thrown


to be concluded

[Ann]

Morning Graham!

[Cathrin]

Re line 6, I thought it was a ladle (soup spoon thingy) hence the 'idel'

line 11 the bowl looks like a soup tourine, but I cant get that to fit.

line 9 The boot was for herself?

[Ann]

Morning Cathrin!

I think the piece of china in line 11 is a dish.

That thing in line 6 is odd. It looks to me like an empty bowl, with some sort of stick or bone. I can't see anything on the end of the long thing to make it into a spoon or a ladle, but at the same time, I can't see what else it could be. (I'm thinking "out loud".)

I'm also stuck with how to translate the boot in line 10. "The boot was for herself to don", doesn't seem to fit the context, but that's all I can make of it.

[Cathrin]

Morning (now afternoon ) Ann & Graham
12. last word 'drown'
14. while in the crowed boat was placed?
15 ... ... ... retraced

[Ann]

You're on a roll Cathrin!

I think the last word of line 13 is throne. If I'm right, then the last word of line 12 should rhyme with it.

[Cathrin]

10 + 1 drown