plasmid Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 My band of fourteen cultivates Roses pink and white The oddly even adulates When not dispensing slight Woven tight, mayhaps invoke Serendipity Taken up by flame we stoke In halo fittingly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 Cygnet Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 Reveal hidden contents Is it perhaps phalanges (finger bones)? There are 14 bones considered to be phalanges, and it's odd that this number is even because the thumb only has two, otherwise we would have 15. Bones contain marrow, which creates blood cells - white and red/pink? Hands can be used to confer adulation (applause) when not used for slight (a dismissive gesture, or maybe flipping the bird). Woven tight (clasped together, fingers interwoven) mayhaps invoke (pray or beg for) serendipity. But I can't explain the last couplet with this answer... at least nothing comes to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 Molly Mae Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 Reveal hidden contents A belt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 plasmid Posted February 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 On 2/9/2018 at 11:30 AM, Cygnet said: Reveal hidden contents Is it perhaps phalanges (finger bones)? There are 14 bones considered to be phalanges, and it's odd that this number is even because the thumb only has two, otherwise we would have 15. Bones contain marrow, which creates blood cells - white and red/pink? Hands can be used to confer adulation (applause) when not used for slight (a dismissive gesture, or maybe flipping the bird). Woven tight (clasped together, fingers interwoven) mayhaps invoke (pray or beg for) serendipity. But I can't explain the last couplet with this answer... at least nothing comes to mind. Expand Right on, Cygnet! Hopefully things make sense to readers with that answer in mind, but I'll go ahead and say what I was thinking for each of the clues. Reveal hidden contents My band of fourteen cultivates Fourteen phalanges, as you've found Roses pink and white Fingernails The oddly even adulates "Oddly even" = the thumb, which is odd because it's the only digit with an even number of phalanges, so oddly even When not dispensing slight Which means these two lines are, as plainglazed said, referring to thumbs up or thumbs down Woven tight, mayhaps invoke Serendipity Prayer would work, but what I had in mind was crossed fingers to invoke good luck Taken up by flame we stoke Something plainglazed alluded to in an earlier response -- a hand is taken up in marriage by a "flame" In halo fittingly and is given a wedding ring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Izzy Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 It kind of makes me think of Reveal hidden contents cake/bakers. I just love cake though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Molly Mae Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Reveal hidden contents It makes me think of teeth, especially braces. While the standard set of teeth would have 16 on top and 16 on bottom, maybe braces don't connect to the last tooth. I don't know that much about them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted January 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Now Izzy is making me hungry. The cake is a lie, unfortunately, or at least not the answer to this one. Teeth and braces seems along the right track, but there are a lot of tiny clues scattered around that make something else a clearly better fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Wilson Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Hiya plasmid. Maybe a lousy answer.... Reveal hidden contents a slater? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted January 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 In some ways I could see slate fitting, especially with clues about being woven tight and oddly even if multiple different sizes are patchworked together. I’m not sure if it comes in pink and white, but I can’t think of halos for them and there’s a reason for the number fourteen (although I admit it’s not the first number that someone would think of with the thing I have in mind.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Molly Mae Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Ah Reveal hidden contents Is it beautiful like diamonds in the sky? Shine bright like a diamond! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 dang, like that answer MM - nice Reveal hidden contents had been toying with the idea of a gold wedding band but couldn't make the jump to your answer and make it all fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted January 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 Molly's answer isn't what I had in mind. Combining it with plainglazed's comment does make it make more sense to me (although not for all of the clues, particularly the second doublet), and is getting warmer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rocdocmac Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 Reveal hidden contents Jeweller specializing in synthetic gemstones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted January 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 Not a jeweler. If I had been, I would probably have counted Molly's answer as close enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Wilson Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 On 1/28/2018 at 5:39 PM, Wilson said: Hiya plasmid. Maybe a lousy answer.... Reveal hidden contents a slater? Expand Reveal hidden contents Slater = woodlouse ☺ Know it's probably still off the mark.......but checking just in case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Molly Mae Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 (edited) Reveal hidden contents Perhaps spectacles/glasses? Or more specifically, eyes that need glasses? Edited January 29, 2018 by Molly Mae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted January 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 Getting cooler, neither a louse nor optics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Molly Mae Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 My wife's guess: Reveal hidden contents The carbon group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 flamebirde Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 Reveal hidden contents it burns itself (or so I gather from "taken up from flame we stoke") serendipity: i.e. luck, good fortune. Honestly I'm kinda with Molly's guess. Carbon seems like a fair fit. The only issue I can see are the pink and white roses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted January 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 Wow, that sure would give new meaning to the last couplet, with oxygen as the halo! Not what I have in mind, though; too many other clues would go without an explanation that I could see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Molly Mae Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 Yeah, now I think I've got it. Reveal hidden contents Glass/Silicon (which is in the Carbon group!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rocdocmac Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 (edited) Molly said: "Glass/Silicon (which is in the Carbon group!)" Reveal hidden contents Silicon ("silicium") is element #14 and glass is silicon dioxide (quartz or sand). But do we need an occupation here? Glassblower? Doesn't fit the description too well! And a lipidary/lipidist/lipidarist is already out, too. Edited January 30, 2018 by rocdocmac some additonal words added Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted January 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 Not silicon or glass, or anywhere along the elemental route. I had to do some research to see how well it would fit the clues, which obviously means it wasn’t what I had in mind. The fourteen makes sense with the atomic number, and I could see how silicon circuitry could invoke concepts of binary to explain the thing about adulating or dispensing slight. But there’s a particular reason why I chose pink and white as the colors of the “roses” that get cultivated, and I don’t think the part about serendipity when woven tight would apply to circuitry because determinism rather than luck is generally associated with electronics (at least in most people's minds to serve as a clue in a riddle). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Molly Mae Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 I again think I've got it Reveal hidden contents The Andromeda Galaxy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted January 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 After reading up on it a bit, at least some of the clues could be explained with that answer, but I've got to say that it would require far more specialized knowledge than I would put in a riddle meant for the general public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Barcallica Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 (edited) Reveal hidden contents My band of fourteen cultivates - No 14, RMCF defensive midfielder CasemiroRoses pink and white - RMCF away jersey colorThe oddly even adulates - Some say he is the best defensive mid in the worldWhen not dispensing slight - But he obviously makes mistakesWoven tight, mayhaps invoke -Serendipity - goal chance coming from well organized play?Taken up by flame we stoke - RMA fans are the most demanding in the worldIn halo fittingly - RMA logo? doubt that it is the answer plas looking for Edited February 1, 2018 by Barcallica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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My band of fourteen cultivates
Roses pink and white
The oddly even adulates
When not dispensing slight
Woven tight, mayhaps invoke
Serendipity
Taken up by flame we stoke
In halo fittingly
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