Yorick

Lorick: Riddles and Lore

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Think you can solve thrice-weekly riddles from mythology, folklore, history, and literature? Try this Lorick on for size:A tempestuous prince was misledby incestuous king, hast'ly wedthere's a ghost, and a play,and soliloquies fey...in the end, nearly everyone's dead! Hint: his father ghosted him. Answer: Hamlet! Get it? Lorick's host? Me, Yorick! Most soliloquized skull of all time! If you're ready to match wits with a skeletal skald who wields riddles ranging from Alice to Apollo, Homer to Herodotus, and from Rapunzel to Ragnarok - then listen! E'en subscribe! If you dare...

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Yorick

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Jan 18, 2026

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1241: Clue #124, I'm a woman of militant vision 04.11.2025

Does Lorick #124 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! I'm a woman of militant vision For my people and king, my ambition I'm a heretic martyr I'm a saint with a garter I'm not needed, once completed, my mission... Hint: I heard a great voice, and Charles was its choice

1240: Lorick #124, I'm a woman of militant vision 03.11.2025

Lorick #124, to confound and confusticate! I'm a woman of militant vision For my people and king, my ambition I'm a heretic martyr I'm a saint with a garter I'm not needed, once completed, my mission...

1235: #123 solved; Week 041 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis 02.11.2025

Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #123: A place of dreams, whose tales entrance A time of quests and pure romance; Whose bright flame of chivalry fell to shame, and adultery This paradise lost; whose memory lasts.

1231: Clue #123, A place of dreams, whose tales entrance 01.11.2025

Does Lorick #123 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! A place of dreams, whose tales entrance A time of quests and pure romance; Whose bright flame of chivalry fell to shame, and adultery This paradise lost; whose memory lasts. Hint: Even as we sit all round, a seat of peril drags us down

1230: #122 solved, and Lorick #123 A place of dreams, whose tales entrance 31.10.2025

Lorick #122: A place of dreams, whose tales entrance A time of quests and pure romance; Whose bright flame of chivalry fell to shame, and adultery This paradise lost; whose memory lasts. But first, we solve #123 - here it is one last time: For pilgrims we guarded the way, 'til a covetous king made us prey. Heinous charges - contrived, brought us down. Few survived. Underground we still thrive,...

1221: Clue #122, For pilgrims we guarded the way 30.10.2025

Does Lorick #122 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! For pilgrims we guarded the way, 'til a covetous king made us prey. Heinous charges - contrived, brought us down. Few survived. Underground we still thrive, truthers say. Hint: We're poor fellows -- but known for wealth!

1220: #121 solved, and Lorick #122 For pilgrims we guarded the way 29.10.2025

Lorick #121: For pilgrims we guarded the way, 'til a covetous king made us prey. Heinous charges - contrived, brought us down. Few survived. Underground we still thrive, truthers say. But first, we solve #122 - here it is one last time: I'm a place you're unlikely to find. My great knowledge, by my fall, left behind. I was built from a lie - a fable, gone awry... now I lurk in the dept...

1211: Clue #121, I'm a place you're unlikely to find 28.10.2025

Does Lorick #121 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! I'm a place you're unlikely to find. My great knowledge, by my fall, left behind. I was built from a lie - a fable, gone awry... now I lurk in the depths and the mind Hint: blessed by the sea... perhaps overly

1210: Lorick #121, I'm a place you're unlikely to find 27.10.2025

Lorick #121, to confound and confusticate! I'm a place you're unlikely to find. My great knowledge, by my fall, left behind. I was built from a lie - a fable, gone awry... now I lurk in the depths and the mind

1205: #120 solved; Week 040 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis 26.10.2025

Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #120: A shepherd that no man did hurt: an ogre, a lone introvert. He eats men, misbehaves, bringing doom to his cave; his blind, baffling vengeance? A curse!

1201: Clue #120, A shepherd that no man did hurt 25.10.2025

Does Lorick #120 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! A shepherd that no man did hurt: an ogre, a lone introvert. He eats men, misbehaves, bringing doom to his cave; his blind, baffling vengeance? A curse! Hint: I'm from a wild race sometimes confused with electrical smiths

1200: #119 solved, and Lorick #120 A shepherd that no man did hurt 24.10.2025

Lorick #119: A shepherd that no man did hurt: an ogre, a lone introvert. He eats men, misbehaves, bringing doom to his cave; his blind, baffling vengeance? A curse! But first, we solve #120 - here it is one last time: A slight man in bicorne and cockade: one-armed lord of the sea and the blockade. There's a square, and a column and all England cries for him: in great victory he died - legend m...

1191: Clue #119, A slight man in bicorne and cockade 23.10.2025

Does Lorick #119 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! A slight man in bicorne and cockade: one-armed lord of the sea and the blockade. There's a square, and a column and all England cries for him: in great victory he died - legend made Hint: boney's wings he clipped in the vanguard, in egypt!

1190: #118 solved, and Lorick #119 A slight man in bicorne and cockade 22.10.2025

Lorick #118: A slight man in bicorne and cockade: one-armed lord of the sea and the blockade. There's a square, and a column and all England cries for him: in great victory he died - legend made But first, we solve #119 - here it is one last time: My wisdom was won at great cost; and not all who wander are lost. You want war? I'm your guy! I look far, with my eye. All-seeing... all-knowing...

1181: Clue #118, My wisdom was won at great cost 21.10.2025

Does Lorick #118 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! My wisdom was won at great cost; and not all who wander are lost. You want war? I'm your guy! I look far, with my eye. All-seeing... all-knowing... all-boss... Hint: I have crows and a horse... I'm a terrible norse...

1180: Lorick #118, My wisdom was won at great cost 20.10.2025

Lorick #118, to confound and confusticate! My wisdom was won at great cost; and not all who wander are lost. You want war? I'm your guy! I look far, with my eye. All-seeing... all-knowing... all-boss...

1175: #117 solved; Week 039 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis 19.10.2025

Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #117: when light fails in the woods, we're alone. happens twice... once we're saved by our stones but birds feed and we're lost a bird leads and we're caught we escape we are rich we are home!

1171: Clue #117, when light fails in the woods, we're alone 18.10.2025

Does Lorick #117 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! when light fails in the woods, we're alone. happens twice... once we're saved by our stones but birds feed and we're lost a bird leads and we're caught we escape we are rich we are home! Hint: stepmother is bad, witch is worse

1170: #116 solved, and Lorick #117 when light fails in the woods, we're alone 17.10.2025

Lorick #116: when light fails in the woods, we're alone. happens twice... once we're saved by our stones but birds feed and we're lost a bird leads and we're caught we escape we are rich we are home! But first, we solve #117 - here it is one last time: I'm a son of the Sky. And the Earth. I castrated my dad - he's the worst! I like sickles, and scythes ...but my wife hated...

1161: Clue #116, I'm a son of the Sky. And the Earth 16.10.2025

Does Lorick #116 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! I'm a son of the Sky. And the Earth. I castrated my dad - he's the worst! I like sickles, and scythes ...but my wife hated my tithes So she hid my son from me at birth! Hint: My planet is big, not the biggest

1160: #115 solved, and Lorick #116 I'm a son of the Sky. And the Earth 15.10.2025

Lorick #115: I'm a son of the Sky. And the Earth. I castrated my dad - he's the worst! I like sickles, and scythes ...but my wife hated my tithes So she hid my son from me at birth! But first, we solve #116 - here it is one last time: I'm a runner, so boastfully fast! an escapee - but that doesn't last Some say water's what blocks me; for sure someone outfoxed me... I'm ens...

1151: Clue #115, I'm a runner, so boastfully fast 14.10.2025

Does Lorick #115 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! I'm a runner, so boastfully fast! an escapee - but that doesn't last Some say water's what blocks me; for sure someone outfoxed me... I'm ensnared, I'm consumed, I'm aghast! Hint: I taunt when I'm done and I rhyme and I run!

1150: Lorick #115, I'm a runner, so boastfully fast 13.10.2025

Lorick #115, to confound and confusticate! I'm a runner, so boastfully fast! an escapee - but that doesn't last Some say water's what blocks me; for sure someone outfoxed me... I'm ensnared, I'm consumed, I'm aghast!

1145: #114 solved; Week 038 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis 12.10.2025

Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #114: White as snow, to the queen I'm fed Red as blood, 'twas a boar instead By glass, I'm betrayed seven are dismayed Blacker than ebony, we dance the queen dead

1141: Clue #114, White as snow, to the queen I'm fed 11.10.2025

Does Lorick #114 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! White as snow, to the queen I'm fed Red as blood, 'twas a boar instead By glass, I'm betrayed seven are dismayed Blacker than ebony, we dance the queen dead Hint: Oft confused with a beauty, I revolutionized movies!

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